13Requirement to provide
information
(1)
An authorised officer may, by notice in writing,
require a specialised mining and petroleum industry insurer or mining and
petroleum industry self-insurer to provide the authorised officer with such
documents and information, and within such time, as may be specified in the
notice for the purposes of enabling the Secretary to make a determination
under section 10.
(2)
The regulations may make provision for or with
respect to:
(a)
the provision by specialised mining and petroleum
industry insurers and mining and petroleum industry self-insurers of documents
and information of the kind referred to in subsection (1),
and
(b)
the keeping of records by specialised mining and
petroleum industry insurers and mining and petroleum industry self-insurers
for the purposes of this Act.
(3)
An authorised officer may:
(a)
carry out an audit or inspection of the documents
and records required to be provided or kept by or under this section,
and
(b)
make copies of any such documents or
records.
(4)
An authorised officer has, for the purposes of
exercising any function under subsection (3), the same functions as an
inspector (within the meaning of section 238 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act
1998) has under that section.
(5)
A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to a
specialised mining and petroleum industry insurer or mining and petroleum
industry self-insurer includes a reference to any person who, in the opinion
of the Secretary, is or may be such an insurer.
(6)
A person who contravenes any requirement imposed
on the person under this section or under the regulations referred to in this
section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty
units.
(7)
In this section:
authorised officer means any person
appointed by the Secretary as an authorised officer for the purposes of this
section, and includes the Secretary.
s 13: Am 2015 No 19,
Sch 15.9 [7]; 2015 No 43, Sch 3 [3].