Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 36

    (1)     In this part:

"serious injury or illness", of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have—

        (a)     immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital; or

        (b)     immediate treatment for—

              (i)     the amputation of any part of his or her body; or

              (ii)     a serious head injury; or

              (iii)     a serious eye injury; or

              (iv)     a serious burn; or

              (v)     the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or

              (vi)     a spinal injury; or

              (vii)     the loss of a bodily function; or

              (viii)     serious lacerations; or

        (c)     medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance,

and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by regulation but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.

Note     Power to make a regulation includes power to make different provision for different classes (see Legislation Act

, s 48).

    (2)     In this section:

"medical treatment" means treatment by a medical practitioner.