Queensland Consolidated Regulations

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 172

172 Persons for whom health surveillance before commencement included some but not all respiratory health examinations

(1) This section applies if—

(a) on or within 2 years after the commencement, section 145C applies in relation to a person; and

(b) health surveillance was carried out for the person under the pre-amended regulation; and

(c) the health surveillance included 1 or more but not all of the respiratory health examinations.

(2) Respiratory health surveillance must be carried out for the person under chapter 2, part 14, division 3, subdivision 3 within 2 years after the commencement.

(3) A respiratory health examination carried out for the person within 3 years before the commencement is taken to have been carried out for the respiratory health surveillance under chapter 2, part 14, division 3, subdivision 3.

Example—

Health surveillance was carried out for a worker before the commencement and the health surveillance included all respiratory health examinations other than a further reading of a chest x-ray. The respiratory health examinations that were included in the health surveillance are taken to have been carried out for the respiratory health surveillance for the worker under chapter 2, part 14, division 3, subdivision 3. This means only a further reading of a chest x-ray is needed to be carried out under that subdivision.

(4) If respiratory health surveillance carried out for a person under subsection (2) does not include a respiratory health examination as provided under subsection (3), the person’s respiratory health surveillance under subsection (2) is taken to have been carried out when the first respiratory health examination forming part of the respiratory health surveillance was carried out.