(1) It is a defence to
a prosecution for an offence of failing to comply with a requirement of
section 202 or 203 in respect of a worker if the court is satisfied
that at the time of the alleged offence the employer believed on reasonable
grounds that the worker’s employment was not connected with this State.
Note for this subsection:
Section 529
provides for the State with which a worker’s employment is connected.
(2) If the
employer’s belief on reasonable grounds was that the worker’s
employment was connected with another State, the defence under
subsection (1) does not apply unless at the time of the alleged
offence the employer had workers compensation cover in respect of the worker
under the law of that other State.
(3) An employer is
considered to have workers compensation cover under the law of a State if the
employer has insurance or registration under the law of the State in respect
of liability for statutory workers compensation under that law.