19Presumptions relating to certain employment

19 Presumptions relating to certain employment

19 Presumptions relating to certain employment

(cf former s 7 (4D), (4E))

(1) If a worker, during a time when the worker is engaged in employment of a kind prescribed by the regulations as an employment to which this subsection applies, contracts a disease prescribed by the regulations as a disease that is related to employment of that kind, then for the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary is established—

(a) the disease shall be deemed to have been contracted by the worker in the course of the employment in which the worker was so engaged, and

(b) that employment shall be deemed to have been a substantial contributing factor to the disease.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the disease brucellosis, Q fever or leptospirosis shall be deemed to have been contracted by a worker if the result of any medical test—

(a) which complies with such requirements as are prescribed by the regulations in relation to that disease, and

(b) which was carried out for the purpose of determining whether that worker has contracted that disease,

is a result prescribed by the regulations in respect of that disease.

s 19: Am 1996 No 120, Sch 1.2 [9].