Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, for a purpose relating to the employment of a worker by the person or another person—
(a) obtain or attempt to obtain a workers' compensation document about the worker; or
(b) use or attempt to use a workers' compensation document about the worker.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a workers' compensation document relating to the worker's capacity to work if the document is necessary to secure the worker's rehabilitation or early return to work under chapter 4.
(3) In this section—
employment means any process for selecting a person for employment or for deciding whether the employment of a person is to continue.
worker means a person who is or was a claimant or worker for any provision of this Act or a former Act.
workers' compensation document, about a worker, means any document relating to the worker's application for compensation or claim for damages under this Act or a former Act.