Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 36

                   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 the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.