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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 128

Shared liability
128. If:

   (a)  an injury suffered by an employee arises out of, or in the course of,
        the employee's employment with more than one employer; and

   (b)  one of the employers has paid compensation to the employee in respect
        of the injury; the employer who paid the compensation may, by an
        action in a court of competent jurisdiction, recover from the other
        employer or employers an amount equal to the compensation paid
        multiplied by the proportion of the contribution to the injury made by
        the employment of the other employer or employers. 


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