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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 No. 10, 1994 - SECT 29

Reliance on information supplied-erection or installation of plant
29. (1) In particular, but without limiting what constitutes taking reasonable
steps as required by section 22 for the purpose of the application of that
section to the erection or installation of plant in a workplace, a person on
whom an obligation is imposed under section 22 is taken to have taken such
reasonable steps as the section requires, if subsection (2) applies.

(2) This subsection applies if:

   (a)  the person ensured, so far as practicable, that the erection or
        installation of the plant was in accordance with information supplied
        by the manufacturer or the supplier of the plant relating to the
        erection or installation of the plant in a manner that ensures the
        health and safety of employees, contractors or other persons who use
        the plant; and

   (b)  it was reasonable for the person to rely on that information. 


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