Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:68
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 68
Character Range: 140746–141666

68  Certain documents to be supplied on request
 (1) Subject to section 69, an employer must not fail to comply with a written request by a claimant for the employer to give the claimant any documents held by the employer that relate to the claimant's claim.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (1A) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (1B) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1B) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (2) This section also applies to the determination of a request under section 40, and for that purpose:
 (a) a reference to a claim is to be read as a reference to the request under that section; and
 (b) a reference to the claimant is to be read as a reference to the person who made the request.