Part 2Health and safety duties
Key principles relating to duties
31Duties not transferable
A duty imposed on a person by or under this Act may not be transferred to another person.
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Health and safety duties - Key principles relating to duties
31: Duties not transferable
"You can't give your health and safety duties to someone else"
If you have a duty given to you by this law, you can't give it to someone else to do. The law says that you must do your duty yourself. You can't ask another person to take over your responsibility. This rule applies to all duties in this law.
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