Section 151AA — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

(1) It is not a defence to an employer who is sued in respect of any personal injury caused by the negligence of a person employed by the employer that the person so employed was, at the time the personal injury was caused, in common employment with the person injured.
(2) This section applies to every case in which the relation of employer and employee exists, whether the contract of employment is made before or after the commencement of this section, and whether or not the employment is one to which the other provisions of this Act apply.
(3) In this section—
employer includes the Crown but does not include any person who by any provision of this Act is deemed to be an employer.
personal injury includes—
(a) death, and
(b) any disease, and
(c) any impairment of the physical or mental condition of a person.

Related sections

• s 151X — Insurance policies to cover retrospective claims
• s 151Y — Funding of self-insurers, government employers etc for retrospective claims
• s 151Z — Recovery against both employer and stranger
• s 151AAA — Special provision for common law liabilities under pre-1995 policies
• s 151AB — Special insurance provisions relating to occupational diseases
• s 151AC — Further special insurance provisions relating to dust diseases

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