Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Worker engagement, participation, and representation - Prohibition of adverse, coercive, or misleading conduct - General provisions

97: General provisions

You could also call this:

“General rules for legal actions related to health and safety at work”

You need to know about some general rules for legal actions related to health and safety at work. If someone brings a prosecution under sections 90, 91, or 92, it doesn’t stop other actions from happening for the same conduct. You can still file a civil case under section 95 or raise a personal grievance under the Employment Relations Act 2000.

However, there are some limits to avoid double compensation. If the District Court orders reparation to be paid after someone is found guilty under sections 90, 91, or 92, you can’t get compensation for the same losses in a civil case under section 95. Also, the Employment Relations Authority or Employment Court can’t order compensation for those same losses in a personal grievance case.

Similarly, if you get compensation from a civil case or a personal grievance case, you can’t get reparation for the same losses under the Sentencing Act 2002. This helps make sure you don’t get paid twice for the same thing.

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Part 3 Worker engagement, participation, and representation
Prohibition of adverse, coercive, or misleading conduct: General provisions

97General provisions

  1. Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the bringing of a prosecution under section 90, 91, or 92 does not prevent, in respect of the same conduct,—

  2. the bringing of a civil proceeding under section 95; or
    1. the raising of a personal grievance under the Employment Relations Act 2000.
      1. If the District Court orders reparation to be paid under the Sentencing Act 2002 following conviction of a person under section 90, 91, or 92,—

      2. the court may not order compensation to be payable in respect of the same losses in a civil proceeding under section 95:
        1. the Employment Relations Authority or Employment Court may not order compensation to be payable in respect of the same losses in relation to a personal grievance under the Employment Relations Act 2000.
          1. If, in respect of an action referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b), the court or the Employment Relations Authority or Employment Court orders compensation to be payable for the conduct, the same losses cannot be the subject of an order of reparation under the Sentencing Act 2002.

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            • Section 97(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).