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Workplace Safety and Health Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
Workplace Safety and Health Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Nothing in this Act shall be construed —
as conferring a right of action in any civil proceedings in respect of any contravention, whether by act or omission, of any provision of this Act; or
as conferring a defence to an action in any civil proceedings or as otherwise affecting a right of action in any civil proceedings.
Subsection (1) does not affect the extent (if any) to which a breach of duty imposed under any written law is actionable.