Inspection of insurer's records

In force

S. 117(1) amended by Nos 9613 s. 20, 10089 s. 4(1), 10191 s. 269(11), 50/1994 s. 121.

(1)

An insurer shall when requested to do so by the Authority or a person authorized in writing in that behalf by the Authority, forthwith produce to that person such books and records as are kept by the insurer in relation to claims which arise under the Act, the collection of contributions under this Part and the payment of contributions to the Authority as are specified by the person requiring the production.

(2)

A person to whom a document is produced under subsection (1) may examine the document in relation to any matter under this Part or under sections 2F or 2G and may take copies of or extracts from the document.

(3)

An insurer who without reasonable excuse fails or refuses to produce a document in accordance with a requirement made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Schedules

Section 2.

First Schedule

Number of Act	Title of Act	Extent of Repeal
5601	Workers Compensation Act 1951	So much as is not already repealed
5676	Workers Compensation Act 1953	The whole
5715	Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1953	The whole
5950	Workers Compensation (Police) Act 1956	The whole
6017	Police Regulation (Reservists) Act 1956	Section 18
6031	Workers Compensation (Supplementary Board) Act 1956	The whole

Section 2(3).

Second Schedule

(Reproduced Provisions of Section 15 of the Workers Compensation Act 1953 as re-enacted by Section 8 of the Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1953).

In this Schedule references to "the principal Act" and "this Act" are references to the Workers Compensation Act 1951 and the Workers Compensation Act 1953 respectively.

15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any rule of law or construction, the provisions of the principal Act as amended by the foregoing provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to rates or amounts of compensation, shall apply with respect to every payment of compensation after the commencement of this Act irrespective of the date of occurrence or origin of the injury or disease giving rise to the right to compensation and notwithstanding that an award for a lesser rate or amount may have been made by the Board before the commencement of this Act, and every policy of accident insurance or indemnity in force under the Workers Compensation Acts at the said commencement shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein, be read and construed as fully insuring or indemnifying the employer against the increased liability accordingly.

Sch. 3 inserted by No. 41/2006 s. 47.

Third Schedule—List of diseases proclaimed

Description of Disease	Description of Process or Occupation
Anthrax	Wool combing, wool sorting, handling of or coming into contact with hides, skins, wool, hair, bristles or carcasses, work in connection with animals infected with anthrax, loading and unloading or transport of merchandise.
Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with arsenic or its preparations or compounds.
Asbestosis (with or without mesothelioma)	Any mining, manufacturing or other process which involves the use of or contact with asbestos.
Avascular Necrosis or its sequelae	Any occupation involving working underground or underwater where the worker is subjected to greater than normal atmospheric pressure and subsequent decompression.
Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)	Work in connection with animals or carcasses infected with the brucella organism.
Carbon bisulphide poisoning	Any manufacturing or other process involving working in contact with or the inhalation of carbon bisulphide gas.
Carbon monoxide poisoning	Any manufacturing or other process involving working in contact with or the inhalation of carbon monoxide gas.
Chrome ulceration or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with chromic acid or bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations.
Copper poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with copper or its preparations or compounds.

Description of Disease	Description of Process or Occupation
Dermatitis venenata	Any occupation, involving the use of or contact with vegetable or mineral matter.
Lead poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with lead or its preparations or compounds.
Leptospirosis, as caused by any of the serotypes of the micro-organism Leptospira, in any of its clinical manifestations.	Any work done at abattoirs, slaughterhouses and knackeries involving contact directly or indirectly with animals or tissues of animals.
Mercury poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with mercury or its preparations or compounds.
Pathological manifestations due to radium and other radioactive substances or X‑rays	Any process involving exposure to the action of radium, radioactive substances or X-rays.
Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with phosphorus or its perpetrations or compounds.
Poisoning by benzol, its homologues or its nitro and amido derivates and the sequelae of these poisonings	Any process or occupation involving the production, liberation of or exposure to benzol, its homologues or its nitro and amido derivates.
Poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series	Any process or occupation involving the production, liberation or utilization of halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series.
Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin	Any process or occupation involving handling of or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the compounds, products or residues of those substances.
Q fever as caused by the micro-organism Coxiella burneti (also known as Rickettsia burneti), in any of its clinical manifestations	Any work done at abattoirs, slaughterhouses and knackeries involving contact directly or indirectly with animals or tissues of animals.

Description of Disease	Description of Process or Occupation
Septic poisoning or its sequelae	Any work involving the handling of meat or the manufacture of meat products or animal by-products in connexion with the trade of a butcher or slaughterman.
Silicosis with or without pulmonary tuberculosis	Any manufacturing or other process involving exposure to the inhalation of silica dust.
Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis over the elbow (beat elbow)	Mining.
Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis arising at or about the knee (beat knee)	Mining.
Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon sheaths of the hand, wrist, forearm or elbow)	Any process or occupation connected with the preparation, preserving, canning or bottling of jams, sauces, fruits, pickles or other similar foods for human consumption.
Zinc poisoning or its sequelae	Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with zinc or its preparations or compounds.

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