Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 56

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s 56Power to modify agreements

(1)

If, by reason of an agreement between the owner and the occupier of the workplace, the whole or any part of which has been let as a workplace, the owner or the occupier is prevented from carrying out any structural or other alterations in the premises which are necessary to enable him to comply with this Act or in order to conform to any standard or requirement imposed by or under this Act, the owner or the occupier may apply to the High Court for the terms of agreement to be set aside or modified.

(2)

The High Court may, after hearing the parties and any witness whom they may wish to call, make such an order setting aside or modifying the terms of the agreement as it considers just and equitable in the circumstances of the case.