Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Workplace Safety and Health (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 61

Section 61 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) No liability shall lie personally against —

(a)

the Commissioner;

(b)

a Deputy Commissioner;

(c)

an inspector; or

(d)

an authorised officer appointed by the Commissioner under section 7(3),who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Subsection (1) shall apply only in respect” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “No liability shall lie personally against an authorised examiner who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care in the course of carrying out any prescribed examination or test, damages any one or more”;

(c)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (2)(h); and

(d)

by deleting subsection (3).

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