Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

of Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013

Regulation 12

Inspection

Subregulation 1

Where any travel restraint system or any fall arrest system is to be used in a workplace, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out at the workplace any work at height to appoint a competent person for the purpose of inspecting the anchorage and anchorage line of the travel restraint system or fall arrest system.

Subregulation 2

It shall be the duty of the competent person appointed by a responsible person under paragraph (1) —

(a)

to inspect the anchorage and anchorage line of the travel restraint system or fall arrest system at the start of every work shift to ensure that they are in good working condition and are safe for use;

(b)

to immediately remove from service any such anchorage or anchorage line which is found to be defective;

(c)

to immediately enter the results of every inspection referred to in sub-paragraph (a) into a register containing such details as may be required by the Commissioner; and

(d)

to provide the register to the responsible person before the end of the work shift.

Subregulation 3

It shall be the duty of the responsible person referred to in paragraph (1) —

(a)

to keep each entry in the register referred to in paragraph (2)(c) for not less than 2 years from the date it is made; and

(b)

to produce for inspection, upon request by any inspector, any entry in the register which is so requested to be inspected.

Subregulation 4

[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]