sec.520Application of new ch 6, pt 3A to particular diagnoses made before commencement

### sec.520 Application of new ch 6, pt 3A to particular diagnoses made before commencement This section applies if— before the commencement, a medical practitioner diagnosed a person with a notifiable dust lung disease within the meaning of former section 279AA; and immediately before the commencement— former section 279AF(2) applied in relation to the diagnosis; and the prescribed period mentioned in former section 279AF(2) had not ended; and the medical practitioner had not complied with former section 279AF(2); and on the commencement, the disease is a notifiable occupational respiratory disease under new section 279AB. New chapter 6, part 3A, division 1 applies in relation to the diagnosis as if the diagnosis were made on the commencement. In this section— new , for a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force from the commencement. s 520 ins 2025 No. 21 s 46 (sec.520-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a medical practitioner diagnosed a person with a notifiable dust lung disease within the meaning of former section 279AA; and immediately before the commencement— former section 279AF(2) applied in relation to the diagnosis; and the prescribed period mentioned in former section 279AF(2) had not ended; and the medical practitioner had not complied with former section 279AF(2); and on the commencement, the disease is a notifiable occupational respiratory disease under new section 279AB. (sec.520-ssec.2) New chapter 6, part 3A, division 1 applies in relation to the diagnosis as if the diagnosis were made on the commencement. (sec.520-ssec.3) In this section— new , for a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force from the commencement. - (a) before the commencement, a medical practitioner diagnosed a person with a notifiable dust lung disease within the meaning of former section 279AA; and - (b) immediately before the commencement— (i) former section 279AF(2) applied in relation to the diagnosis; and (ii) the prescribed period mentioned in former section 279AF(2) had not ended; and (iii) the medical practitioner had not complied with former section 279AF(2); and - (i) former section 279AF(2) applied in relation to the diagnosis; and - (ii) the prescribed period mentioned in former section 279AF(2) had not ended; and - (iii) the medical practitioner had not complied with former section 279AF(2); and - (c) on the commencement, the disease is a notifiable occupational respiratory disease under new section 279AB. - (i) former section 279AF(2) applied in relation to the diagnosis; and - (ii) the prescribed period mentioned in former section 279AF(2) had not ended; and - (iii) the medical practitioner had not complied with former section 279AF(2); and