Principles applying to safety duties
15 Principles applying to safety duties
A safety duty cannot be transferred to another person.
A person can have more than one safety duty by virtue of being in more than one class of duty holder.
More than one person can concurrently have the same safety duty.
If more than one person has a safety duty for the same matter, each person —
retains responsibility for the person’s duty in relation to the matter; and
must discharge the person’s duty to the extent to which the person has the capacity to influence and control the matter or would have had that capacity but for an agreement or arrangement purporting to limit or remove that capacity.
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