New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2016 - REG 5B

5B COVID-19--medical tests and results to determine if COVID-19 is work-related

(1) For the purposes of section 19B(2) of the 1987 Act, a result set out in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to COVID-19, if obtained by means of a medical test the requirements of which are set out opposite that result in Column 2 of that Part in relation to the disease, is a result prescribed in respect of the disease.

(2) For the purposes of section 19B(3) of the 1987 Act, the clinical criteria prescribed for the purpose of making a classification of COVID-19 are the obtaining of a result prescribed under section 19B(2) of the 1987 Act in respect of the disease by means of a medical test that complies with the requirements prescribed under that subsection in relation to the disease.

(3) A reference in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods is a reference to the register of that name maintained under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.