WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 534 False or misleading information or documents
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 534
False or misleading information or documents534 False or misleading information or documents
(1) This section applies to a statement made or document given—(a) to the Regulator or WorkCover for the purpose of its functions under this Act; or(b) to an entity or person as a self-insurer; or(c) to a registered person for the purpose of an application for compensation or a claim for damages.
(2) A person must not state anything to the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Penalty—Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(3) A person must not give the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Penalty—Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document—(a) informs the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and(b) gives the correct information to the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
(5) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.