Workmen’s Compensation Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 19 May 2003

No. S 254

Workmen’s Compensation Act

(Chapter 354)

Workmen’s Compensation Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2003 and shall come into operation on 19th May 2003.

Amendment of Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Workmen’s Compensation Act is amended by inserting, immediately after item 21, the following item:

“

22. Severe Acute
Respiratory
Syndrome
(SARS)

Any occupation involving close contact with any source of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection by reason of employment —

(a) in the medical treatment or nursing of any person suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or in a service ancillary to such treatment or nursing;

(b) in attendance upon any person suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), where the need for such attendance arises by reason of physical or mental infirmity of the person or when engaged in the identification, detection, tracing, isolation, detention, supervision or surveillance of the person;

(c) as a worker engaged in research on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or in a service ancillary to such research; or

(d) as a laboratory worker or post-mortem worker or funeral services worker, where the occupation involves working with any human body or other material which is a source of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection, or in any occupation ancillary to such employment.

”.

Made this 19th day of May 2003.

YONG YING-I

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[W Comp 081/87 Pt. 9, AG/LEG/SL/354/2003/1 Vol. 1]

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