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§ 25. “Contractor” defined

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 77 P.S. Workers’ Compensation

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 77 P.S. Workers' Compensation (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Interpretation and Definitions
Definitions
77 P.S. § 25
§ 25. “Contractor” defined
Currentness
The term “contractor,” as used in article two, section two hundred and three,1 and article three, section three hundred and two (b),2 shall not include a contractor engaged in an independent business, other than that of supplying laborers or assistants, in which he serves persons other than the employer in whose service the injury occurs, but shall include a sub-contractor to whom a principal contractor has sublet any part of the work which such principal contractor has undertaken.

Credits

1915, June 2, P.L. 736, No. 338, art. I, § 105. Reenacted 1937, June 4, P.L. 1552, No. 323, § 1; 1939, June 21, P.L. 520, No. 281, § 1. Amended 1972, March 29, P.L. 159, No. 61, § 2, effective May 1, 1972.

Footnotes

1
77 P.S. § 52.
2
77 P.S. § 462.
77 P.S. § 25, PA ST 77 P.S. § 25
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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