WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 57D

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 57D

57D .         Confidentiality of information given under s. 57C

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), a person, except with the express authority of WorkCover WA, shall not have access to, inspect, or peruse any information given under section 57C to WorkCover WA, and that information shall be treated as strictly confidential and shall not, except for the purposes of this Act, be disclosed to any person.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         An employer may request that information provided under section 57C, whether by him or an insurer, in respect of compensation claimed by a worker from that employer be disclosed to another insurer or prospective insurer, and subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of information in accordance with that request.

        [Section 57D inserted: No. 96 of 1990 s. 8; amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 150.]