Singapore legislation

Regulation 47

of Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008

Regulation 47

Lighting

Where any work is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour, it shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that there is —

(a)

sufficient and suitable general lighting, whether natural or artificial, in every part of the shipyard or ship in the harbour in which persons are at work or passing; and

(b)

emergency lighting for use in the event of a power failure affecting the general lighting, which is sufficient in intensity and distribution to allow for the safe evacuation or rescue of persons in the shipyard or ship in the harbour.