Singapore legislation

Regulation 44

of Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations

Regulation 44

Exclusion from regulations 41, 42 and 43

Amended byS 930/2024 wef 01/01/2025S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011

Subregulation 1

Regulations 41, 42 and 43 shall not apply in respect of the use, handling or storage in a workplace, or the sale for use in a workplace, of any hazardous substance that is in a consumer package and that is intended for retail sale.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 930/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Regulation 42 does not apply to any container of a hazardous substance if that container —

(a)

only contains organic combustible dust; and

(b)

contains less than 25 kilograms of organic combustible dust.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011

In this regulation —

Definition

“consumer package” means a container that is intended for retail display and sale to households or offices, and includes a container that is transported or distributed as part of a larger consolidated container that consists of a number of identical consumer packages;

Definition

“container” means anything in or by which substances are or have been wholly or partly encased, covered or packed.

Amended byS 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011