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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 32

32 Civil liability not affected by this Part

(1) Nothing in this Part is to be construed:

(a) 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 Part, or

(b) as conferring a defence to an action in any civil proceedings or as otherwise affecting a right of action in any civil proceedings.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the extent (if any) to which a breach of duty imposed by the regulations is actionable (including any regulation that adapts a provision of this Part).