Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 10

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10.
Duties according to different capacities
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that —

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(a) a person may at any one time be two or more of the following —
(i) an employer;
(ii) a contractor;
(iii) a sub-contractor;
(iv) a principal;
(v) a self-employed person;
(vi) an occupier of a workplace;
(vii) a designer, manufacturer or supplier of any machinery, equipment or hazardous substance for use at work;
(viii) an erector, installer or modifier of machinery or equipment for use at work;
(ix) an owner, a hirer or lessee of machinery moved by mechanical power or a person who maintains such machinery for use at work, and this Act may impose duties or liabilities on that person accordingly;
(b) this Act may at any one time impose the same duty or liability on two or more persons, whether in the same capacity or in different capacities;
(c) a duty or liability imposed by this Act on any person is not diminished or affected by the fact that it is imposed on one or more other persons, whether in the same capacity or in different capacities.

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s 10Duties according to different capacities

For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that —

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(a)

a person may at any one time be two or more of the following —

(i)

an employer;

(ii)

a contractor;

(iii)

a sub-contractor;

(iv)

a principal;

(v)

a self-employed person;

(vi)

an occupier of a workplace;

(vii)

a designer, manufacturer or supplier of any machinery, equipment or hazardous substance for use at work;

(viii)

an erector, installer or modifier of machinery or equipment for use at work;

(ix)

an owner, a hirer or lessee of machinery moved by mechanical power or a person who maintains such machinery for use at work, and this Act may impose duties or liabilities on that person accordingly;

(b)

this Act may at any one time impose the same duty or liability on two or more persons, whether in the same capacity or in different capacities;

(c)

a duty or liability imposed by this Act on any person is not diminished or affected by the fact that it is imposed on one or more other persons, whether in the same capacity or in different capacities.