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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
16More than 1 person can have a duty
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16 More than 1 person can have a duty
(1) More than 1 person can concurrently have the same duty.
(2) Each duty-holder must comply with that duty to the standard required
by this Act even if another duty-holder has the same duty.
(3) If more than 1 person has a duty for the same matter, each person—
(a) retains responsibility for the person’s duty in relation to the
(b) must discharge the person’s duty to the extent to which the
person has the capacity to influence and control the matter or
would have had that capacity but for an agreement or
arrangement purporting to limit or remove that capacity.