Singapore legislation

Regulation 9A

of Workplace Safety and Health (Noise) Regulations 2011

Regulation 9A

Offences

Amended byS 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024

Subregulation 1

A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 4(1), (2) or (4), 5(1) or (3), 6(1), 7(1), (2) or (3) or 8(1), (2), (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; or

(b)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

Subregulation 2

A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 5(2), 7(4) or 9(1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or

(b)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

Subregulation 3

In this regulation, “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence, means a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified in the first column of Part 1 or 2 of the Second Schedule (called the current offence); and

(b)

has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified opposite the current offence in the second column of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule (as the case may be), on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted, or found guilty, of the current offence.