In the last few weeks, there have been some amendments to the
SRC Act discussed briefly below.
If you would like a more in-depth explanation of any of the
amendments, please get in touch.
Minimum interval between section 57 appointments
The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specification
of Medical Examination Interval) Instrument 2019 (available here)
provides that there must now be a minimum of one month between
medical examinations that an employee is required to attend under
section 57 of the SRC Act. The interval applies only to
examinations by the same legally qualified medical practitioner,
nominated by the relevant authority.
The possibility of a restriction on the frequency of medical
examinations under section 57 has always been flagged by section
57(6) and, at the time of the SRC Act's inception in 1988 there
was a legislative instrument specifying a minimum interval of one
month between examinations. That instrument was repealed in 2007,
but
