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406Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided
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406 Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided
Subject to regulation 407, a person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that health monitoring of a worker referred to in regulation 405 includes health monitoring of a type referred to in an item in Schedule 14, table 14.2 unless:
(a) an equal or better type of health monitoring is available; and
(b) the use of that other type of monitoring is recommended by a registered medical practitioner with experience in health monitoring.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.