Singapore legislation

Section 28

of Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

Section 28

Workplace safety and health officers and coordinators

(1)

Every workplace within the prescribed class or description of workplaces must have appointed in respect thereof a workplace safety and health officer or a workplace safety and health coordinator.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, the Minister may prescribe —

(a)

the manner of appointment of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator;

(b)

the functions and duties of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator; and

(c)

the powers of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator, being necessary powers for the officer or coordinator (as the case may be) to discharge his or her functions and duties under this Act.