WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 175A
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 175A
175A . Authorising etc. inspectors; oath etc. by inspectors
(1) The chief
executive officer may authorise persons as inspectors for the purposes of this
Act.
(2) Before performing
any function of an inspector under this Act, a person authorised as an
inspector is required to take and subscribe before a justice of the peace an
oath or affirmation to the effect that the person will not, except for the
purposes of this Act, and the exercise of the person’s duties under this
Act, disclose to any person any information acquired as an inspector.
(3) A person who
wilfully discloses any information contrary to an oath taken under subsection
(2) commits an offence.
Penalty: $2 000.
(4) The chief
executive officer is to issue to each person authorised as an inspector a
certificate stating that the person is so authorised.
(5) The inspector is
to produce the certificate whenever required to do so by a person in respect
of whom the inspector has exercised, or is about to exercise, a power under
this Act.
(6) If, immediately
before the commencement of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury
Management Amendment Act 2011 section 119, a person was an inspector
authorised by WorkCover WA under subsection (1), as in force at that time, the
person is taken to have been authorised as an inspector by the chief executive
officer.
(7) If, immediately
before the commencement of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury
Management Amendment Act 2011 section 119, a person authorised as an inspector
held a certificate issued by the Chairman of WorkCover WA under subsection
(4), as in force at that time, the person is taken to hold a certificate
issued by the chief executive officer.
[Section 175A inserted: No. 34 of 1999 s. 46(1);
amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 150; No. 31 of 2011 s. 119.]