Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998 (No. 2) 1998 No. 355 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth)
Employment) Regulations
(regulation 3) (1) Regulation 1
substitute 1 Name of regulations
These regulations are the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth
Employment) Regulations 1991. (2) Paragraph 2 (1) (b), definition of serious
personal injury
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   (b)  for which the person is:
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   (b)  for which the person needs to be: (3) Regulation 3, heading
substitute 3 Dangerous occurrences (Act, s 5 (1)) (4) Subparagraph 3 (1) (b)
(ii)
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a duration of 5
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the duration of 30 (5) Subregulation 3 (1)
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referred to in paragraph (b) (6) Subregulation 3 (2)
omit (7) Subparagraph 4 (b) (i)
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Department of Primary Industries and Energy
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (8) Sub-subparagraph 4 (b)
(i) (B)
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        (ii)   the Department of Industry, Science and Resources Ñ the
               Executive Director of the Australian Geological Survey
               Organisation; (10) Subparagraph 4 (b) (iii)
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Department of Social Security
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Department of Family and Community Services (11) Paragraphs 36A (a) and (b)
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5
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30 (12) Subregulation 37 (1)
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(1) For the purposes of the Act or these regulations, a notice or report that
is to be given to Comcare may be delivered in business hours to the relevant
State or Territory Occupational Health and Safety Manager. (13) Paragraph 37B
(1) (f)
omit (14) Paragraph 37B (2) (a)
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paragraphs (1) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f)
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paragraphs (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) (15) Paragraphs 37D (1) (a), (b) and (c)
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   (a)  if an accident that causes the death of a person Ñ within 2 hours of
        the employer becoming aware of the death; and

   (b)  if an accident causes serious personal injury to a person Ñ within 24
        hours of the employer becoming aware that the person has, or is likely
        to have, suffered the injury; and

   (c)  if an accident causes an employee who performs work in connection with
        an undertaking conducted by his or her employer to be incapacitated
        from performing work for a prescribed period Ñ within 24 hours of the
        employer becoming aware of the incapacity; and

   (d)  in the case of a dangerous occurrence Ñ within 24 hours of the
        employer becoming aware of the occurrence. (16) Paragraphs 37E (e) to
        (u)
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   (e)  action that the employer has taken, or proposes to take, to prevent
        recurrence of an accident of the same kind. (17) Regulation 37F
substitute 37F Form of reports about dangerous occurrences (Act, s 68)
For section 68 of the Act, a report about a dangerous occurrence must include
the information mentioned in paragraphs 37E (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), as if
any reference in those paragraphs to an accident were a reference to a
dangerous occurrence.