Clause 36

Section 96 of the Factories Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In determining for the purpose of any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder as to whether any machine, apparatus, appliance, equipment or installation is of good construction, sound material, adequate strength or in accordance with the generally accepted principles of safe and sound practice, regard shall be had to any relevant Singapore Standards or Codes of Practice published by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research.”.