Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Subject to section 25(2), where a worker suffers a disease of a kind referred to in column 1 of Schedule 4 and has been employed in work of a type referred to in column 2 of that Schedule opposite that disease, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that his employment contributed to a substantial degree to that disease.
(2) The regulations may extend the operation of subsection (1) to diseases and types of work prescribed in the regulations.
(3) A regulation under subsection (2) shall not be made otherwise than on the recommendation of the Board.