Singapore legislation
Clause 168
Clause 168
Power to make regulations
(1)
The Minister, in addition to the powers expressly conferred by any other provisions of this Act, may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may —
prescribe the circumstances and conditions under which females may be employed as workmen;
require registers and records to be maintained and prescribe the forms and contents thereof and the manner in which they shall be displayed;
regulate the method of collecting statistics either in connection with or independently of any other public department, the staff to be employed in connection therewith, the duties to be performed, and the publications (if any) to be issued;
prescribe the forms in which, the times and places at, and the manner in which particulars or information shall be furnished, and the manner in which the same shall be authenticated, and any other thing which under this Act is required to be prescribed;
exempt from the obligation to furnish particulars or information under this Act, either wholly or to the prescribed extent, and either unconditionally or subject to the prescribed conditions, any employer or class of employers;
provide generally for the maintenance of hospitals, clinics and dispensaries;
provide for the inspection and management of hospitals, clinics and dispensaries and in particular for prescribing the duties of the officer-in-charge, and the registers and records to be kept at every such hospital, clinic or dispensary in respect of every patient treated thereat, with the form in which such registers and records are to be kept and the particulars to be included therein;
direct that duly authenticated returns of diseases, deaths and other matters relating to hospitals be furnished to the Ministry of Health and other officers of Government at such times and in such manner as may be specified in such regulations;
prescribe the form of register to be kept under section 30 of this Act, the form of certificate issued by the Commissioner under the provisions of section 88 and the forms of orders to be made under sections 145 and 149 of this Act;
prescribe the manner and form in which notice shall be given to employees engaged in retail trade or business under section 141 of this Act;
prescribe the fees payable for copies of notes of evidence and decisions recorded under the provisions of paragraph (f) of section 149 of this Act;
prescribe penalties for any contravention or failure to comply with any of the provisions of any regulations made under this section:Provided that no such penalty shall exceed five hundred dollars in the case of a first offence or one thousand dollars in the case of a second or subsequent offence under the same regulation within one year.
(3)
All regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as may be after publication.