Conditions for using online forms

Definitions

In these terms and conditions:

  • "form" means employer registration form, worker claim application, employer report form and reconciliation statement;
  • "form web pages" means the sections of our website which facilitate the submission of the form electronically;
  • "terms" means these terms and conditions (as amended from time to time);
  • "we" and "us" mean the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia and its officers and employees; and
  • "you" and "your" mean any person using or proposing to use the form web pages.

Scope of terms

These terms and WorkCover SA’s General Terms and Conditions of Use govern your submission of a form electronically and your access to and use of form web pages. By using or attempting to use the form web pages or by submitting or attempting to submit a form (collectively called "use") you agree to be bound by these terms and WorkCover SA’s General Terms and Conditions of Use, as amended from time to time.

Right to use form web pages

You must not submit or attempt to submit a form unless you satisfy the pre-conditions for submission specified in the form web pages, which we may modify from time to time. In preparing a form for submission electronically, you agree to input accurate and complete information. You must not engage in any fraudulent, misleading or deceptive conduct when submitting a form electronically. Without limitation, you must not impersonate or attempt to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your identity or purport to be authorized to represent any entity if that entity has not authorized you to do so when submitting a form electronically.

Suspension and termination

WorkCover SA may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your right to use the form web pages or your right to submit forms electronically. We may reject a form submitted by you electronically and may require you to complete and submit a paper version of the form.

By using the form web pages or by submitting information in a form, you thereby authorise us to use that information for any reasonable purpose including any purpose in relation to the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 and WorkCover SA’s obligations under that Act.

Submission of form on behalf of another person

You may only submit a form on behalf of another person or entity if:

  • this is expressly permitted in the form web pages;
  • you have been expressly authorised to submit the form by the person or entity on whose behalf you are submitting the form; and
  • you have accurately completed the sections of the form relating to submission of the form on behalf of that person or entity.

Warranty

You warrant and certify that:

  • a form, and the information contained in that form, submitted by you will be accurate and complete in all respects
  • where the information is provided by a third party, the form accurately represents the information provided to you by that third party;
  • if a form is submitted by you on behalf of another person or entity, you are authorised by that other person or entity to submit the form; and
  • you will retain the acknowledgment of receipt generated following your submission of a form electronically and will produce that as evidence of receipt to us if we request you to do so.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify WorkCover SA and keep us indemnified against any claims, liabilities or losses which we may sustain, either directly or indirectly, as a result of your breach of these terms or through your use of the form web pages.

You agree to indemnify WorkCover SA and the hosts, operators, developers of and contributors to, this website and keep each of them jointly and severally indemnified against all claims, liabilities, expenses (including legal fees on a solicitor-client basis) or losses that may be made against or sustained by any of them (either directly or indirectly) arising from your breach of these terms and conditions or otherwise howsoever arising from, or in connection with, your use of this website.

Compliance with policy and procedure

In your use of the form web pages and your submission of forms electronically, you must comply with all policies and procedures which we have communicated to you or included in the form web pages. WorkCover SA reserves the right to amend these policies and procedures from time to time.

Amendment of these terms

WorkCover SA reserves the right to amend these terms at any time. You agree to comply with any amended terms from the date on which we publish notice of the change in the form web pages.