A474
Ord. No. 73/88
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL
(3) Where the Council has assessed the amount of contribution to be paid by an employer it may by notice in writing require the employer to pay the amount of contribution so assessed.
(4) A contribution assessed by the Council under subsection (1) shall be paid by the employer to the Council within 2 months of the notice being served.
(5) Where the Council has imposed a contribution on an employer, it shall, if requested by the employer, within 14 days after the receipt of the request, provide the employer with written reasons for its assessment of that
amount.
17. (1) The Council may by notice in writing require any employer to provide, either by statutory declaration or in other form, information specified in the notice relating to the amount of premium and the amount of levy paid or payable to an insurer in connection with an insurance policy.
(2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) within 14 days after the notice is served commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and an additional fine of $500 for each day during which the offence has continued.
(3) The Council may, by notice in writing, require an insurer to make available at its place of business, to a person designated for the purpose of this subsection in writing by the Council, the records specified in section 15(1)(a), and the insurer shall permit any person so designated to inspect those records at any reasonable time.
(4) Any insurer who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.
(5) The Council may, by notice in writing, require an insurer to furnish to the Council, in such manner (including furnishing by statutory declaration) as shall be specified in the notice, such information relating to an insurance policy issued by the insurer as shall be so specified.
(6) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under subsection (5) within the period of 14 days after the notice is served commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and an additional fine of $1,000 for each day during which the offence has continued.
(7) Save as provided in subsection (8), a person designated for the purpose of subsection (3) shall not disclose to any other person, other than a member of the Council or another person so designated and acting in the course of his duties, any information acquired in inspecting records pursuant to subsection (3).
(8) Subsection (7) shall not apply to the disclosure of information— (a) where ordered by a court or magistrate;
(b) with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any criminal proceedings, whether under this Ordinance or otherwise; or
(c) in connection with any other legal proceedings arising out of this
Ordinance.
(9) Any person who contravenes subsection (7) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000.
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