Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 02 Jan 2014

No. S 7

Workplace Safety and Health Act

(CHAPTER 354A)

Workplace Safety and Health
(Incident Reporting) (Amendment)
Regulations 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27 and 65 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, Mr Tan Chuan‑Jin, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Manpower, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2014.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations (Rg 3) is amended —

(a)	by inserting, at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of “accident”, the word “or”;
(b)	by deleting paragraph (b) of the definition of “accident”;
(c)	by re‑lettering the existing paragraph (c) of the definition of “accident” as paragraph (b); and
(d)	by deleting the definition of “vehicle”.

Amendment of regulation 6

3. Regulation 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Where an employee meets with an accident at a workplace, the employer of that employee shall submit a report to the Commissioner of the accident —

(a)	in the case where the employee is granted more than 3 days of sick leave (consecutive or otherwise) by a registered medical practitioner on account of that accident, not later than 10 days after the 3rdday of the sick leave; and
(b)	in the case where the employee is admitted in a hospital for at least 24 hours for observation or treatment on account of that accident, not later than 10 days after the date of the accident.”.

[G.N. No. S 460/2011]

Made this 2nd day of January 2014.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[C010-048-0004; AG/LLRD/SL/354A/2010/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 65(8) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act).

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