Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Committees) Regulations 2008
Regulation 17
Powers of workplace safety and health committee
The workplace safety and health committee of a factory shall, for the purposes of discharging its functions and duties under the Act, have the power to do all or any of the following:
to enter, inspect and examine the factory at any reasonable time;
to inspect and examine any machinery, equipment, plant, installation or article in the factory;
to require the production of factory records, certificates, notices and documents kept or required to be kept under the Act, including any other relevant document, and to inspect and examine any of them;
to make such examination and inquiry of the factory and of any person at work in that factory as may be necessary to execute its duties;
to assess the levels of noise, illumination, heat or harmful or hazardous substances in the factory and the exposure levels of persons at work therein;
to investigate any accident, dangerous occurrence or occupational disease that occurred within the factory.