6.—(1) For the purposes of section 28(1) of the Act, a workplace safety and health co-ordinator shall be appointed in respect of every worksite where the contract sum of the building operation or works of engineering construction carried out therein is less than $10 million.
(2) Every workplace safety and health co-ordinator shall be appointed by the occupier of every worksite referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) The occupier of the worksite shall not appoint any person as a workplace safety and health co-ordinator unless the person is one —
(a)
who has successfully completed a training course to equip him to be a workplace safety and health co-ordinator;
(b)
whom the occupier reasonably believes is competent to perform the functions and duties of a workplace safety and health co-ordinator; and
(c)
whom the occupier reasonably believes has at least 2 years’ practical experience relevant to the work to be performed by a workplace safety and health co-ordinator.
(4) An occupier of a worksite who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
(a)
to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
(b)
if the occupier of the worksite is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
[S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
(5) In paragraph (4), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence, means an occupier of a worksite who —
(a)
is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified in the first column of the following table (called the current offence); and
(b)
has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified opposite the current offence in the second column of that table, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the occupier of the worksite is convicted, or found guilty, of the current offence.
First column
Current offence
Second column
Previous offence
1.
Offence under paragraph (4) for contravening paragraph (2)
(a)
the current offence in this item (other than a continuing offence); or
(b)
an offence under paragraph (4) as in force immediately before 1 June 2024 for contravening paragraph (2) (other than a continuing offence)
2.
Offence under paragraph (4) for contravening paragraph (3)
(a)
the current offence in this item (other than a continuing offence); or
(b)
an offence under paragraph (4) as in force immediately before 1 June 2024 for contravening paragraph (3) (other than a continuing offence)
