WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 175F

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 175F

175F .         Authorised officers, designation of etc.

        (1)         The chief executive officer may designate officers of WorkCover WA as authorised officers for the purposes of section 175G, 175H, 175I or 175J or for the purposes of 2 or more of those sections, but a person who is authorised to give infringement notices under section 175G is not eligible to be an authorised officer for the purposes of any of the other sections.

        (2)         The chief executive officer is to issue a certificate of authorisation to each person designated as an authorised officer under subsection (1).

        (3)         An authorised officer is to produce the certificate whenever required to do so by a person in respect of whom the officer has exercised, or is about to exercise, any power under this Part.

        (4)         Production of a certificate referred to in subsection (2) in respect of a person is evidence in any court that the person is duly designated under subsection (1).

        [Section 175F inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 129.]