New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 154J

154J Refusal of insurance by scheme agents

(1) A scheme agent who is authorised to issue policies of insurance on behalf of the Nominal Insurer must not refuse to issue a policy of insurance to any employer or to renew a policy of insurance issued to an employer, except with the consent of the Nominal Insurer or as required or permitted by an express provision of the agency arrangement.

: Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty units.

(2) The Workers Compensation Guidelines under the 1998 Act may provide for the circumstances in which the consent of the Nominal Insurer as referred to in subsection (1) may be given.