ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Occupational Safety and Health Act
17. General duties of occupier and self-employed to persons other than their employees
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
17. General duties of occupier and self-employed to persons other than their employees
(1)Every occupier shall conduct his undertaking in such a manner as to ensure, that a person who is not his employee who may be affected thereby is not exposed to risks to safety or health.(2)Every self-employed person shall conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure that he and any other person who is not his employee who may be affected thereby is not exposed to risks to safety or health.(3)It shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person to give relevant safety and health information to every person, not being his employee who may be affected by the manner in which the employer or the self employed person conducts his undertaking, on such aspects of the way he conducts his business as may affect safety or health.(4)It shall be an offence for a person on whom a duty is imposed under this section to fail to carry out such a duty.