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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1985

Act No. 10190/1985
Version incorporating amendments as at 5 April 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Repeals, amendments and savings
   4.      Definitions
   5.      Act to bind Crown
   6.      Objects of Act

   PART 2-FUNCTIONS AND POWERS

   7.      Repealed
   8.      Functions of the Authority
   9.      Obtaining of information by the Authority
   10.     Restrictions on disclosure of information by the Authority
           11-20. Repealed

   PART 3-GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

   21.     Duties of employers
   22.     Duties of employers and self-employed persons
   23.     Duties of occupiers of workplaces
   24.     Duties of manufacturers etc.
   25.     Duties of employees
   26.     Provisions for dealing with health and safety issues
   27.     Compliance with regulations is compliance with Part 3.
   28.     Civil liability not affected by Part 3.

   PART 4-OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES AND COMMITTEES

   29.     Designated work groups
   30.     Election of health and safety representatives etc.
   31.     Functions etc. of health and safety representatives
   32.     Provisions concerning assistants of health and safety representatives
   33.     Provisional improvement notices
   34.     Provisional notices may include directions
   35.     Employer may require inspector to attend at workplace
   36.     Disqualification of health and safety representatives
   37.     Health and safety committees

   PART 5-INSPECTIONS

   38.     Appointment of inspectors,
   39.     Powers of inspectors
   40.     Further provisions in relation to inspections
   41.     Employers etc. to assist inspector
   42.     Offences in relation to inspections

   PART 6-IMPROVEMENT AND PROHIBITION NOTICES

   43.     Inspector may issue improvement notice
   44.     Inspector may issue prohibition notice
   45.     Notices may include directions
   46.     Appeals against notices

   PART 7-LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

   47.     General
   47A.    Infringement notices
   48.     Proceedings may be brought by inspectors etc.
   49.     Procedure where prosecution is not brought
   50.     Judicial notice of signature of Minister etc.
   51.     Provisions as to certain evidence
   52.     Offences by bodies corporate
   53.     Further penalties for subsequent offences

   PART 8-GENERAL

   54.     Discrimination against employees etc.
   55.     Codes of practice
   56.     Use of codes of practice in proceedings
   57.     Minister may delegate powers etc.
   58.     Repealed
   59.     Regulations
   60.     Transfer of responsibilities
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           SCHEDULE 1-Subject-matter for Regulations
           SCHEDULE 2-Repeals and amendments
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details


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