Singapore legislation
Regulation 38
Regulation 38
Fixed installation to be kept in good working condition, etc.
Subregulation 1
An owner of a fixed installation must ensure that —
the fixed installation is kept in a good working condition at all times (except during periods of maintenance or when there is no permit to operate for the fixed installation);
no works are done to the fixed installation (not amounting to fixed installation works) that render the fixed installation unsafe;
the fixed installation is not operated if it is unsafe to do so;
the fixed installation is periodically maintained in accordance with regulation 39; and
if the fixed installation is examined, inspected, tested and commissioned under regulation 29(1)(a) or examined, inspected and tested under regulation 29(1)(b) (called in this regulation the EIT/C process) — the EIT/C process is carried out in accordance with the requirements referred to in regulation 29(2) or (3), as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
An owner of a fixed installation must immediately stop operating the fixed installation if it is likely that continued operation of the fixed installation would injure or cause the death of any person using, or near to, the fixed installation.
Subregulation 3
Any owner of a fixed installation who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.