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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 576C

Principal contractor may require relevant contractor to give document confirming insurance status

576C Principal contractor may require relevant contractor to give document confirming insurance status

(1) This section applies in relation to a relevant contractor for a construction project who is an employer.
(2) The principal contractor for the construction project may, by written notice, ask the relevant contractor to give the principal contractor a copy of the following document (the
"required document" )—
(a) if the relevant contractor is a self-insurer—the relevant contractor’s licence to be a self-insurer;
(b) otherwise—
(i) a certificate of currency for the relevant contractor’s policy of insurance required under section 48 ; or
(ii) evidence of an exemption under section 49 and a certificate of currency for the relevant contractor’s policy of insurance for the relevant contractor’s workers under another law.
(3) The relevant contractor must, unless the relevant contractor has a reasonable excuse, give the principal contractor the required document within 10 business days after being given the notice under subsection (2) .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
(4) In this section—

"certificate of currency" , for a policy of insurance, means a certificate issued by the insurer stating at least each of the following—
(a) the name of the policy holder;
(b) the policy holder’s ABN or ACN;
(c) the policy number;
(d) the name of the insurer;
(e) the amount and type of insurance;
(f) the period of insurance for which the certificate is issued.



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