VIC Cancelled: Proposed additional veterinary reporting requirements for Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

The AVA provided a written submission and was involved in workshops to provide information around whether certain notifiable illnesses, including zoonotic illnesses, should have additional reporting requirements to WorkSafe. These changes were to occur in Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (under section 37(2A) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act)).

The AVA explained that there are currently mandatory veterinary reporting requirements for notifiable disease and that increasing requirements to include multiple government department would add significant additional regulatory and financial burden.

As a result of all the feedback received and further analysis undertaken on these changes, it is no longer proposed to prescribe illnesses as notifiable incidents at this time.

WorkSafe expressed that the feedback was greatly appreciated and thanked the AVA for the time and contribution to this work.