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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 - SECT 67

Power to request the provision of information relevant to claim

  (1)   Subject to section   69, if an employer who has been given a claim is satisfied that the claimant:

  (a)   has information or a document that is relevant to the claim; or

  (b)   may obtain such information, or such a document or a copy of such a document, without unreasonable expense or inconvenience;

the employer may, by written notice given to the claimant, ask the claimant to give to the employer:

  (c)   the information, or the document or a copy of the document; or

  (d)   if paragraph   (b) applies--a written authority to obtain the information or the document or a copy of the document.

  (2)   A claimant who has received a notice under subsection   (1) is taken to have complied with the notice if the claimant gives the employer the information, the document or a copy of the document, or the authority, referred to in the notice.

  (3)   If a claimant, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with a notice under subsection   (1), the employer may refuse to deal with the claim until the claimant gives the employer the information or the document or a copy of the document, or the authority, referred to in the notice.



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