Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 21

21 How an obligation to minimise an infection risk may be discharged if there is no regulation or infection control guideline

(1) This section applies if there is no regulation or infection control guideline prescribing or stating a way to discharge a business proprietor’s or operator’s obligation to minimise an infection risk.

(2) The proprietor or operator may choose an appropriate way to discharge the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation to minimise the risk.

(3) However, the proprietor or operator discharges the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation to minimise the risk only if the proprietor or operator takes all reasonable precautions and care to minimise the risk.