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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 54

Employee not to have right to bring action for damages against employer etc. in certain cases
54.(1) Subject to section 55, a person does not have a right to bring an
action or other proceedings against his or her employer, or an employee of the
employer in respect of:

   (a)  an injury sustained by an employee in the course of his or her
        employment, being an injury in respect of which the employer would,
        apart from this subsection, be liable (whether vicariously or
        otherwise) for damages; or

   (b)  the loss of, or damage to, property used by an employee resulting from
        such an injury.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether that injury, loss or damage occurred before
or after the commencement of this section.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an action or proceeding
instituted before the commencement of this section. 


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