Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 580

580 Recovery of debts under this Act

(1) Every amount—

(a) payable to WorkCover as a premium, additional premium or charge; or

(b) recoverable by WorkCover on any account whatever;

is a debt owed to WorkCover by the person liable to pay the premium, additional premium or charge, or from whom the amount is recoverable.

(2) An amount payable to the Regulator as a levy or additional amount or recoverable by the Regulator on any account whatever, is a debt owed to the Regulator by the person liable to pay the levy or additional amount, or from whom the amount is recoverable.

(3) The Regulator or WorkCover may recover a debt—

(a) on the complaint of the Regulator or WorkCover’s chief executive officer under the Justices Act 1886 , before an industrial magistrate; or

(b) by action for debt.

(4) If, for a contravention of this Act, there exists—

(a) a right to recover an amount as a debt; and

(b) a right to proceed for a penalty as for an offence;

the amount may be recovered as a debt even though the proceeding for the penalty has not been taken.

(5) Payment of a penalty does not relieve a person from liability to be assessed and to pay a premium or from liability to pay another amount under this Act.