2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Responsibility if duties apply to more than one person
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If
(a) one or more provisions in this Act or the regulations imposes the
same duty on more than one person; and
(b) one of the persons subject to that duty complies with the applicable
provision;
the other persons subject to that duty are relieved of their duty only
during the time when
(c) simultaneous compliance of that duty by more than one person
would result in unnecessary duplication of effort and expense; and

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(d) the safety and health of any person at the workplace is not put
at risk by compliance with that duty by only one person.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 12.
RELATIONSHIP OF THIS ACT TO 
THE WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT
Effect on compensation
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The failure to comply with any provision of this Act or
the regulations does not affect the right of a worker to
compensation under The Workers Compensation Act.
Effect on liabilities
9
The liabilities and obligations of any person under The Workers 
Compensation Act are not decreased, reduced, or removed, by
reason only of his compliance with the provisions of this Act or
the regulations.
10
Renumbered as subsection 14(4).
11(1)
[Repealed] S.M. 1991-92, c. 36, s. 65.
11(2)
Renumbered as subsection 14(5).
S.M. 1991-92, c. 36, s. 65.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR
Duties of director
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The director shall, in accordance with the objects and purposes
of this Act,
(a) be concerned with workplace safety and health generally,
and with the maintenance of reasonable standards for the
protection of the safety and health of workers and self-
employed persons in Manitoba;
(b) be responsible for the administration of this Act and the
regulations;
(c) submit from time to time to the minister such recommendations
as he considers appropriate for the making of regulations;
(d) ensure that persons and organizations concerned with the
purposes of this Act are provided with information and advice
pertaining to its administration and to the protection of the
safety and health of workers generally;

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(e) prepare and maintain or cause to be prepared and maintained
illness, death and accident statistics relating to workers and self-
employed persons, and do so either alone or in conjunction with
The Workers Compensation Board, the Department of Health,
Healthy Living and Seniors, or any other department, agency or
commission; and
(f) do such other things in connection with safety and health in
the workplace as the minister may direct, for the purposes of
carrying out the provisions of this Act and the regulations and the
provisions of any other Act or regulations assigned to the minister
for administration.
S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 5; S.M. 2014, c. 32, s. 38.