Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Mar 2006

No. S 142

Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

(Act 7 of 2006)

Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(2) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2006.

Singapore Armed Forces exempted

2. Subject to paragraph 3, any workplace wholly or partly owned or occupied by the Singapore Armed Forces is hereby exempted from the provisions of the Act.

Exemption not extended to certain persons

3. The exemption under paragraph 2 shall not apply if —

(a)	the workplace is occupied by any other person under a lease or licence granted by or on behalf of the Singapore Armed Forces; and
(b)	any building operation or any work of engineering construction is carried out in the workplace by contractors engaged by the Government.

Made this 28th day of February 2006.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[C010-048; AG/LEG/SL/354A/2006/1 Vol. 1]

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