Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An occupier is not
liable under this Act where the damage is due to the negligence of an
independent contractor engaged by the occupier if —
(a) the
occupier exercised reasonable care in the selection and supervision of the
independent contractor; and
(b) it
was reasonable in all the circumstances that the work that the independent
contractor was engaged to do should have been undertaken.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not operate to abrogate or restrict the liability of
an occupier for the negligence of his independent contractor imposed by any
other Act.