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MINES LEGISLATION (RESOURCES SAFETY) AMENDMENT ACT 2018 - SECT 78

78 Amendment of s 195 (Notice of accidents, incidents, deaths or diseases)

(1) Section 195 (6) , from ‘disease at a mine’ to ‘this section’—
omit, insert —
reportable disease at a mine or as a result of operations

(2) Section 195 —
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(7) A person prescribed by regulation who becomes aware that a worker has been diagnosed with a reportable disease must give notice of the diagnosis to the chief inspector.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(8) In this section—

"reportable disease" means a disease prescribed by regulation to be a disease that must be reported under this section.