Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 573

573 Permissible disclosure of information

(1) The Commissioner of State Revenue appointed under the Taxation Administration Act 2001 may disclose to the Regulator or WorkCover any information—

(a) the commissioner has about anything under the Payroll Tax Act 1971 ; and

(b) that relates to any matter under this Act or touching the administration of this Act.

(1A) The chief executive of the department within which the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 is administered may disclose to the Regulator or WorkCover any information the chief executive has relating to any matter under this Act or touching the administration of this Act.

(2) The Regulator or WorkCover may disclose to the Commissioner of State Revenue any information it has about anything under the Payroll Tax Act 1971 or touching the administration of that Act.

(3) The Regulator or WorkCover may disclose, to the chief executive of the department within which the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 is administered, statistical or other information that would help in the performance of its administrative functions.

(3A) The Regulator may, if asked by an insurer, disclose to the insurer any information it has that is relevant to a claim against the insurer.

(4) An insurer may, if asked by another insurer (the
"other insurer" ), disclose to the other insurer any information it has that is relevant to a claim against the other insurer.

(5) An insurer must, if asked by the Regulator, disclose to the Regulator statistical or other information in the way required by the Regulator, but only to discharge the Regulator’s functions under this Act.

(6) Subsections (1) to (5) apply despite a provision of this or another Act.

(7) If a person has information because the person is, or was, a prescribed person, the person must not disclose the information, unless the disclosure—

(a) is for the Regulator, WorkCover or this Act; or

(b) is required or authorised by this or another Act; or

(c) is authorised by the Regulator or WorkCover’s chief executive officer, generally or in a particular case.

(8) In this section—

"former Authority" means the Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Authority established under this Act as in force before the commencement of this definition.

"prescribed person" means—

(a) the Regulator; or

(b) a director or employee of WorkCover; or

(c) a director or employee of the former Authority.