Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
of Workplace Safety and Health (Major Hazard Installations) Regulations 2017
Regulation 11
Power to require registration in certain circumstances
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), where the Commissioner is satisfied that any factory not falling within the description of a major hazard installation in the Second Schedule is operating in such a manner as to pose, or is likely to pose, a significant risk to the safety, health and welfare of persons at work within or around the premises, the Commissioner may issue a direction to the occupier of the factory —
specifying a date by which the factory must be registered as a major hazard installation; and
specifying the period mentioned in paragraph (4).
Subregulation 2
The Commissioner may issue a direction under paragraph (1) only if the Commissioner has given the occupier of the factory concerned an opportunity to show cause as to why the factory should not be required to be registered as a major hazard installation.
Subregulation 3
Regulations 8(2), 9 and 10 apply to an application to register any factory as a major hazard installation in compliance with the Commissioner’s direction under paragraph (1).
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (5), regulations 5 and 6 do not apply to a deemed major hazard installation for the period that the Commissioner may determine.
Subregulation 5
The occupier of a deemed major hazard installation must, by the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (4), submit to the Commissioner the safety case for the deemed major hazard installation.