New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 141

141 Duty of claimants to comply with requests for information about agents and lawyers

(cf former s 148K)

(1) A person who makes a protected claim must comply with a request from the insurer or self-insurer concerned for information as to whether the person made use of the services of an agent or lawyer in respect of the claim and how the person came to make use of those services. Such a request by the insurer may be made at any time (whether or not proceedings before the Commission have been commenced in respect of the claim).

(2) The regulations may make provision for limiting the operation of this section with respect to lawyers.