WorkSafeBC

Quick Links

Customer Centres

Home › Publications › OHS Regulation › Workers Compensation Act - Excerpts and Summaries

Workers Compensation Act - Excerpts and Summaries

Part 3 Division 16 - General

Note: This box contains a summary of part of the Workers Compensation Act. It does not use the exact wording of the Act. Sections 221-223 establish general administrative requirements for orders and regulations. The following are key points from these sections: Section 221: Service of orders and other documents (summary) A document is deemed to have been served if it is personally served on the person, sent by mail to the person's last known address or transmitted electronically to the address or fax number requested. Section 222: Court orders for access (summary) With a court-issued warrant, an officer may enter a workplace and conduct an inspection, investigation or inquiry, and search for and seize any records or other things relevant to the matter in accordance with the warrant. With a warrant, an officer may also inspect a worker's medical records. Section 223: Collection by assessment or judgment (summary) If an employer fails to pay an amount owed to the Board under Part 3, the Board may direct that the amount be levied on the employer as an assessment. The Board may issue a certificate for the amount owed by any person and file that certificate in the Supreme Court. For details, see Part 3, Division 16 of the Act.

Note: This box contains a summary of part of the Workers Compensation Act. It does not use the exact wording of the Act.

Sections 221-223 establish general administrative requirements for orders and regulations. The following are key points from these sections:

Section 221: Service of orders and other documents (summary)

A document is deemed to have been served if it is personally served on the person, sent by mail to the person's last known address or transmitted electronically to the address or fax number requested.

Section 222: Court orders for access (summary)

With a court-issued warrant, an officer may enter a workplace and conduct an inspection, investigation or inquiry, and search for and seize any records or other things relevant to the matter in accordance with the warrant. With a warrant, an officer may also inspect a worker's medical records.

Section 223: Collection by assessment or judgment (summary)

If an employer fails to pay an amount owed to the Board under Part 3, the Board may direct that the amount be levied on the employer as an assessment. The Board may issue a certificate for the amount owed by any person and file that certificate in the Supreme Court.

For details, see Part 3, Division 16 of the Act.

You can return to the Top of this page

Disclaimer: WorkSafeBC ("Workers' Compensation Board of B.C.") publishes the online version Occupational Health and Safety Regulation ("OHS Regulation") in accordance with its mandate under the Workers Compensation Act to provide information and promote public awareness of occupational health and safety matters. The online OHS Regulation is not the official version of the OHS Regulation, which may be purchased from Crown Publications.

WorkSafeBC endeavours to update the online OHS Regulation as soon as possible following any legislative amendments. However, WorkSafeBC does not warrant the accuracy or the completeness of the online OHS Regulation, and neither WorkSafeBC nor its board of directors, employees or agents shall be liable to any person for any loss or damage of any nature, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise, arising from the use of the online OHS Regulation.

Employers are legally obligated to make a copy of the Workers' Compensation Act and the OHS Regulation readily available for review by workers. The circumstances under which WorkSafeBC may consider an employer's providing access to electronic versions of the Act and OHS Regulation to have satisfied this obligation are described in Guideline G-D3-115(2)(f).