Occupational Safety and Health Amendment Regulations 2021 (WA)

294   GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 January 2021

INDUSTRY REGULATION

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Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984

Occupational Safety and Health Amendment

Regulations 2021

SI, 2021/3

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Occupational Safety and Health

Amendment Regulations 2021.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the 90th day after that day.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Occupational Safety and Health

Regulations 1996.

4.            Schedule 5.3 amended

In Schedule 5.3 in the item relating to crystalline silica delete:

• Chest X-ray, full size PA view.

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and insert:

Low dose high resolution computed tomography of the chest at less than 1 millisievert equivalent dose for the entire

study. The study must image the whole of
each lung on inspiration at 1.5 mm slice
thickness or less, without an interslice gap,
and must include expiratory imaging. The
images must be of adequate quality to detect
subtle abnormalities, including groundglass

opacities and small nodules.

M. INGLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.