https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/bill/11be3289-4b38-478e-a7ea-40fb129a8d88
Public Health Amendment (Vaccination
Compensation) Bill 2021
No , 2021
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Public Health Act 2010 to provide for the payment of compensation to
workers who suffer injury, loss or damage as a result of a requirement to be vaccinated.
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Public Health Amendment (Vaccination Compensation) Bill 2021 [NSW]
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts—
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Public Health Amendment (Vaccination Compensation) Act 2021.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3 Amendment of Public Health Act 2010 No 127
Section 137
Insert after section 136—
137 Liability to workers required to be vaccinated
(1) This section applies if a relevant body requires a worker to be
vaccinated against a disease prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The relevant body is liable to pay compensation to the worker for any
injury, loss or damage suffered by the worker as a result of the vaccine.
(3) The relevant body continues to be liable to pay compensation to the
worker until the worker’s death, even if the worker ceases to be
employed or otherwise engaged by the relevant body.
(4) In this section—
relevant body, in relation to a worker, means the person or body that
employs or otherwise engages the worker.
worker of a relevant body includes a person engaged by, or on behalf
of, the relevant body under a contract for services, but does not include
a volunteer.