Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations

Regulation 11

Offences

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025S 435/2024 wef 01/06/2024

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025

A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 4(1), (1A), (2) or (3), 5(1) or (2), 6(1), (2), (2A), (2C) or (3) or 7(1), (2A) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or

(b)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Subregulation 2

A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 8(1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000; or

(b)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Subregulation 3

A person, who without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 10 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Subregulation 4

In this regulation, “repeat offender”, in relation to any offence, means a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified in the first column of Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule (called the current offence); and

(b)

has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified opposite the current offence in the second column of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule (as the case may be), on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted, or found guilty, of the current offence.

Regulation 11 — Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations