17 - Construction.

§  17. Construction. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed  as a continuation of the provisions  of  sections  two  hundred  to  two  hundred  and  four of chapter thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred  and nine, as amended by chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  and  ten, and not as a new enactment, and nothing  contained in this chapter shall  apply  to  employers  or  employees  in  hazardous  occupations  as such occupations are defined by the workmen's  compensation law.