Singapore legislation
Regulation 44B
of Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations
Regulation 44B
Dual role drivers driving lorries carrying persons on deck
Subregulation 1
Paragraph (2) applies where —
any person at work in a workplace (called in this regulation the dual role driver) is required or authorised by the employer of that person to drive a lorry, where driving the lorry is not the primary work that the person is required to perform for the employer;
the lorry is or will be carrying one or more persons on its deck while the dual role driver is driving it; and
the dual role driver has been at work for a period of at least 6 hours in aggregate (excluding any rest break or meal break) immediately before driving the lorry.
Subregulation 2
It is the duty of the employer of the dual role driver to ensure that the dual role driver does not, before driving a lorry mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), perform any work for a period of not less than 30 minutes.
Subregulation 3
An employer who contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.