33FPrinciples applying to safety duties

33F Principles applying to safety duties

[Section 33F Inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 16, Applied:01 Dec 2022]

(1)  A safety duty of a person may not be transferred to another person.

(2)  A person may have more than one safety duty by virtue of being a person to whom more than one provision of this Part applies.

(3)  More than one person may concurrently have the same safety duty and each person must comply with the safety duty even if another person has the same safety duty.

(4)  If more than one person has a safety duty for the same matter, each person –

(a) retains responsibility for the person’s safety duty in relation to the matter; and

(b) must discharge the person’s safety duty to the extent to which the person –

(i) has the capacity to influence and control the matter; or

(ii) would have had that capacity but for an agreement or arrangement purporting to limit or remove that capacity.