Workplace Safety and Health Act |
Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations |
Rg 9 |
G.N. No. S 373/2007 |
REVISED EDITION 2007 |
(1st October 2007) |
[1st August 2007] |
Citation |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations. |
Application for approval to be workplace safety and health officer |
Requirements for approval as workplace safety and health officer |
3. For the purposes of section 33(3)(a) of the Act, a person may be approved to act as a workplace safety and health officer if he satisfies the Commissioner that —
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Certificate of approval |
4.—(1) A certificate of approval for a person to act as a workplace safety and health officer shall, unless the approval for the person to so act is earlier cancelled, be valid for a period of 2 years from the date of approval or for such shorter period as the Commissioner may specify in the certificate of approval.
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Renewal of approval |
5.—(1) An application by a person for the renewal of the Commissioner’s approval of the person to act as a workplace safety and health officer shall be made in such form and manner as the Commissioner may determine, and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.
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Register of workplace safety and health officers |
6. The Commissioner shall keep an up-to-date register of all persons approved to act as workplace safety and health officers. |
Workplace safety and health officer to attend courses |
7.—(1) The Commissioner may, in granting any person approval to act as a workplace safety and health officer, impose as a condition the requirement for the person to attend such training courses which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are relevant to the work of a workplace safety and health officer.
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Workplaces requiring workplace safety and health officers |
8.—(1) Every workplace within the prescribed class or description of workplaces specified in the Second Schedule shall have appointed in writing in respect thereof a workplace safety and health officer.
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Duties of workplace safety and health officer |
9.—(1) The duties of a workplace safety and health officer appointed in respect of a workplace shall be —
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Powers of workplace safety and health officer |
10. The workplace safety and health officer shall, for the purposes of discharging his duties under regulation 9, have the power to do any or all of the following:
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