Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Sections 5 to 7
shall have effect, in place of the rules of the common law, for the purpose of
determining the care which an occupier of premises is required, by reason of
the occupation or control of the premises, to show towards a person entering
on the premises in respect of dangers —
(a) to
that person; or
(b) to
any property brought on to the premises by, and remaining on the premises in
the possession and control of, that person, whether it is owned by that person
or by any other person,
which are due to the
state of the premises or to anything done or omitted to be done on the
premises and for which the occupier of premises is by law responsible.
(2) Nothing in
sections 5 to 7 shall be taken to alter the rules of the common law which
determine the person on whom, in relation to any premises, a duty to show the
care referred to in subsection (1) towards a person entering those premises is
incumbent.