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Bush Workers Amendment Act 1978

Public Act		1978 No 89
Date of assent		18 October 1978

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Powers of Inspectors
3	Penalties
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Bush Workers Act 1945

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Bush Workers Amendment Act 1978, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Bush Workers Act 1945 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Powers of Inspectors

(1)

Section 5(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c)

Make such inspections, examinations, tests, and inquiries, and take such samples and photographs, as are necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act have been or are being complied with as regards any bush undertaking or persons working in it; and where any such sample is taken, the Inspector concerned shall, if so requested, deliver part of it to the employer concerned, or to the person appearing to the Inspector to be in charge of the undertaking concerned:”.

(2)

Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:

“(4)

Except for the purposes of this Act and the exercise of his functions under this Act, or with the consent of the Minister, an Inspector shall not disclose to any person any information that he acquires in the exercise of those functions:

“Provided that if so requested by a Coroner, an Inspector shall provide him with a written report relating to the circumstances of any fatal accident.”

3 Penalties

(1)

The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 16 (as substituted by section 11 of the Bush Workers Amendment Act 1967), and substituting the following section:

“16

Every person who commits an offence against this Act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.”

(2)

Section 11 of the Bush Workers Amendment Act 1967 is hereby consequentially repealed.

This Act is administered in the Department of Labour.

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