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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
267Civil liability not affected by this Act
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267 Civil liability not affected by this Act
Except as provided in part 6 (Discriminatory, coercive and
misleading conduct), part 7 (Workplace entry by WHS entry
permit-holders) and division 13.7 (WHS civil penalty provisions),
nothing in this Act is to be construed as—
(a) conferring a right of action in a civil proceeding in relation to a
contravention of a provision of this Act; or
(b) conferring a defence to an action in a civil proceeding or
otherwise affecting a right of action in a civil proceeding; or
(c) affecting the extent (if any) to which a right of action arises, or
a civil proceeding may be brought, in relation to breaches of
duties or obligations imposed by regulation.