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Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 57
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Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 57
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Where in any premises, the whole or any part of which has been let as a workplace, any structural or other alterations are required in order to comply with this Act or to conform to any standard or requirement imposed by or under this Act, and the owner or occupier of the workplace, as the case may be, alleges that the whole or part of the cost of the alterations ought to be borne by the other party, the owner or occupier, as the case may be, may apply to the High Court for the cost of the alterations to be apportioned between them.
The High Court may, after hearing the parties and any witness whom they may wish to call, make such an order concerning the apportionment of the cost as it considers just and equitable in the
Workplace Safety and Health circumstances of the case, regard being had to the terms of any contract between the parties, or in the alternative, the Court may, at the request of the owner or occupier of the workplace, determine the lease.