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Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003
sec.20How an obligation to minimise an infection risk may be discharged if there is a regulation or infection control guideline
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### sec.20 How an obligation to minimise an infection risk may be discharged if there is a regulation or infection control guideline
If a regulation prescribes a way of minimising an infection risk, a proprietor or operator may discharge the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation relating to the risk only by following the prescribed way.
Subject to subsection (1) , if infection control guidelines made by the Minister state a way of minimising an infection risk, a business proprietor or operator may discharge the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation to minimise the risk only by—
adopting and following the stated way; or
adopting and following another way that minimises the infection risk.
(sec.20-ssec.1) If a regulation prescribes a way of minimising an infection risk, a proprietor or operator may discharge the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation relating to the risk only by following the prescribed way.
(sec.20-ssec.2) Subject to subsection (1) , if infection control guidelines made by the Minister state a way of minimising an infection risk, a business proprietor or operator may discharge the proprietor’s or operator’s obligation to minimise the risk only by— adopting and following the stated way; or adopting and following another way that minimises the infection risk.
- (a) adopting and following the stated way; or
- (b) adopting and following another way that minimises the infection risk.