Section 175J — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

(1) The Nominal Insurer may direct an employer in writing to make available, at the time and place specified in the direction, for inspection by a specified person authorised by the Nominal Insurer, records of a specified kind in the possession of the employer that are relevant to any of the following—
(a) the determination of whether the employer is a member of a group,
(b) the identity of other members of a group of which the employer is a member.
(2) A person authorised under subsection (1) may inspect records in accordance with the terms of the direction and make copies of, or take extracts from, those records.
(3) An employer given a direction under this section—
(a) must comply with the direction, and
(b) must not wilfully obstruct or delay an authorised person when exercising any power under subsection (2).
(4) If an inspection under this section reveals that an employer has contravened a provision of this Division, the Nominal Insurer is entitled to recover in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt due to the Nominal Insurer from the employer, the costs incurred by the Nominal Insurer in connection with that inspection.
(5) A certificate issued by the Nominal Insurer certifying as to the costs incurred by the Nominal Insurer in connection with such an inspection is evidence of the matters certified.

Related sections

• s 175G — Members of group to have policies with same scheme agent and common renewal date
• s 175H — Joint and several liability of group members
• s 175I — Registration
• s 175K — Definitions
• s 175L — Membership of groups
• s 175M — Primary groups of corporations

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