Victorian Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COVID-19 INCIDENT NOTIFICATION) REGULATIONS 2020 (SR NO 78 OF 2020) - REG 4

For the purposes of section 37(2)(h) of the Act, the following events or circumstances are prescribed—

        (a)     when an employer becomes aware that—

              (i)     an employee; or

              (ii)     an independent contractor engaged by the employer or any employee of the independent contractor—

has received a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and has attended the workplace within the infectious period; or

        (b)     when     a self-employed person has received a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and has attended the workplace within the infectious period.

Note

See section 38 of the Act in relation to duty to notify the Authority of incidents. The Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 also imposes obligations relating to the notification of certain medical conditions.