Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKMEN'S WAGES ACT 1898 - SECT 23

23 .         Workman in service of sub-contractor to have same rights and remedies as workman in service of contractor against employer

                Where any work is let by a contractor to a sub-contractor, every workman in the service of such sub-contractor shall have the same rights and remedies in all respects against the first-mentioned contractor as a workman in the service of a contractor has under this Act against the employer of such last-mentioned contractor. For the purpose of giving effect to this section all the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be read as if there had been enacted therein respectively the word “contractor” in the place of the word “employer”, and the word “sub-contractor” in the place of the word “contractor”.

[ 24.                 Deleted by No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]

[ 25.                 Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e) and (f).]