Singapore legislation

Clause 28

of Workplace Safety and Health Bill

Clause 28

Workplace safety and health officers and co-ordinators

(1)

Every workplace within the prescribed class or description of workplaces shall have appointed in respect thereof a workplace safety and health officer or a workplace safety and health co-ordinator.

(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 co-ordinator;

(b)

the functions and duties of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health co-ordinator; and

(c)

the powers of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health co-ordinator, being necessary powers for the officer or co-ordinator, as the case may be, to discharge his functions and duties under this Act.