Singapore legislation
Clause 61
Clause 61
Power to make regulations
(1)
Where the Minister is satisfied that any manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or description of manual labour used in factories is of such a nature as to cause risk of bodily injury to the persons employed or any class of those persons, he may make such regulations as appear to him to be reasonably practicable and to meet the necessity of the case.
(2)
The regulations so made may, among other things —
prohibit the employment of, or modify or limit the hours of employment of, all persons or any class of persons in connection with any manufacture, machinery, plant, process, or description of manual labour;
prohibit, limit or control the use of any material or process;
modify or extend with respect to any class or description of factories any provisions of Part IV, Part V, Part VI, or this Part, being provisions imposing requirements as to health or safety; and special regulations so made may apply to all factories in which the manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or description of manual labour is used or to any specified class or description of such factories and may provide for the exemption of any special class or description of factories either absolutely or subject to conditions; and
prescribe maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved by persons employed in factories; and any such regulations may prescribe different weights in different circumstances and may relate either to persons generally or to any class of persons or to persons employed in any class or description of factories or in any process.
(3)
The regulations so made may impose duties on owners, employed persons and other persons as well as on occupiers.
(4)
All regulations made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as may be after publication.