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In NZ we have health and safety legislation that includes personal fines and prison time as options for officers of a company. It doesn't matter if the individ
by verve_rat 3y ago
In NZ we have health and safety legislation that includes personal fines and prison time as options for officers of a company.
It doesn't matter if the individuals involved are contractors, or volunteers, or the general public. The officers have a duty of care and if they breach it they can be personally liable.
But on the other hand, I don't think I've heard of anyone going to jail for that sort of thing. Which either means we have no major health and safety problems (seems unlikely) or the courts are out of step with parliament, which does seem to happen a lot.