Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
of Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008
Regulation 30
Evaluation of hot-work permit
Subregulation 1
On receipt of the application for a hot-work permit, the safety assessor shall —
assess whether all reasonably practicable measures have been taken to ensure the safety and health of the persons who will be carrying out the hot-work; and
inspect the site (including its surroundings) where the hot-work is to be carried out together with the supervisor or foreman of the person who is to carry out the work to ensure that the hot-work can be carried out with due regard to the safety and health of the person or any other person at work in the shipyard or on board the ship in the harbour who may be affected.
Subregulation 2
If the safety assessor is satisfied that the hot-work can be carried out with due regard to the safety and health of the person who is to carry out the hot-work and other persons at work in the shipyard or on board the ship in the harbour who may be affected, he shall endorse the application for the hot-work permit and forward the endorsed application to the ship repair manager.
Subregulation 3
It shall be the duty of the safety assessor to exercise all due diligence when performing his functions in relation to the evaluation and endorsement of an application for a hot-work permit under paragraphs (1) and (2).