PART IIBenefit and its Administration

CHAPTER IVBenefit for Industrial Injuries

General provisions as to benefit

52Earner acting in breach of regulations, etc.

An accident shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of an employed earner's employment, notwithstanding that he is at the time of the accident acting in contravention of any statutory or other regulations applicable to his employment, or of any orders given by or on behalf of his employer, or that he is acting without instructions from his employer, if—

a

the accident would have been deemed so to have arisen had the act not been done in contravention of any such regulations or orders, or without such instructions, as the case may be ; and

b

the act is done for the purposes of and in connection with the employer's trade or business.