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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 514

514 .         Power to require auditor’s certificate

        (1)         An inspector may, by written notice given to an employer, require the employer to provide to the inspector a certificate from an auditor containing a statement as to —

            (a)         the number of workers employed by the employer during a specified period; and

            (b)         the amount of remuneration paid by the employer to each worker during that period.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        auditor means a person registered as an auditor under the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) Part 9.2.

        (3)         The certificate must be provided within the period (being not less than 28 days) specified in the notice.

        (4)         An employer must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1).

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $15 000.

        (5)         If a court convicts a person, or finds a person guilty, of an offence against subsection (4), the court may order the person to give to WorkCover WA the certificate required under subsection (1) within 14 days after the order is made.

        (6)         An order may be made under subsection (5) in addition to any penalty that may be imposed or any other action that may be taken in relation to the offence.



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