Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specification of Medical Examination Interval) Instrument 2019

I, KELLY O’DWYER, Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, make the following instrument.

Dated   7 March 2019    

KELLY O’DWYER 

Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Application

6  Specification

1  Name 

  This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specification of Medical Examination Interval) Instrument 2019.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 57(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

  Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

  month has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

5  Application

  This instrument applies in relation to an examination that the relevant authority for an employee requires the employee to undergo pursuant to section 57 of the Act after the commencement of this instrument.

6  Specification

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 57(6) of the Act, an employee shall not be required to undergo an examination by the same legally qualified medical practitioner nominated by the relevant authority under section 57 of the Act more frequently than at one-month intervals.

 (2) The minimum interval specified in subsection 6(1) of this instrument only applies if the employee undergoes the examination with the legally qualified medical practitioner nominated by the relevant authority.