Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations 2006

No. S 136

Workplace Safety and Health Act

(Act 7 of 2006)

Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27 and 65 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2006.

Application

2. These Regulations shall apply to every workplace, whether or not it is a workplace specified in the First Schedule to the Act.

Definitions

3. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“accident” means any unintended event which causes bodily injury to a person, but does not include any bodily injury sustained by a person —

(a)	in the course of commuting to or from his workplace using a mode of transport provided by his employer;
(b)	as a result of his act or default while driving any vehicle on a public road in the course of his work; or
(c)	in the course of his work as a domestic worker;

“domestic worker” means any person employed in or in connection with the domestic services of any private premises;

“vehicle” means any vehicle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) used for the conveyance of goods or passengers.

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]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 65(8) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006).

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