Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 51

51 Offence of contravening general obligation to insure

(1) An employer must not contravene section 48 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to prove that at the time of the alleged contravention—

(a) the employer believed on reasonable grounds that the employer could not be liable under this Act in relation to the worker because under section 113 the worker’s employment was not connected with this State; and

(b) the employer had workers’ compensation cover in relation to the worker’s employment under the law of the State with which the employer believed on reasonable grounds the worker’s employment was connected under section 113 .

(3) In subsection (2) —

"workers’ compensation cover" means insurance or registration required under the law of a State in relation to liability for statutory workers’ compensation under that law.