Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Workplace Safety and Health (Design for Safety) Regulations 2015
Regulation 9
Duties of designer
Subregulation 1
The designer of a structure must, as far as it is reasonably practicable, prepare a design plan for the structure that eliminates all foreseeable design risks.
Subregulation 2
Where it is not reasonably practicable for the designer preparing a design plan to eliminate a foreseeable design risk posed by the structure, the designer must propose to the person who appointed the designer, a modification to the design plan that reduces the design risk to as low as is reasonably practicable, taking into account the following factors as far as reasonably practicable:
the design risk must be reduced at its source;
collective protective measures must be used instead of individual protective measures.
Subregulation 3
The designer must provide all the information relevant to the design, construction or maintenance of the structure to the person who appointed the designer.
Subregulation 4
The designer of a structure must, where required by the developer of the project in which the structure is required, attend a design‑for‑safety review meeting.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraph (4), any reference to the developer includes a reference to the person to whom the developer’s duties under regulation 6 has been delegated.
Subregulation 6
The designer —
must not appoint a person as a designer (called in this regulation the delegated designer) for the structure unless the designer reasonably believes that the delegated designer is competent to perform the duties of a designer under these Regulations and any other regulation made under section 65 of the Act; and
must provide the delegated designer all relevant information to enable the delegated designer to perform the duties of a designer under these Regulations and any other regulation made under section 65 of the Act.
Subregulation 7
To avoid doubt —
any reference to a designer in this regulation includes a reference to a delegated designer and a designer appointed under regulation 10(2)(a); and
a designer who appoints a delegated designer to prepare a design plan for a structure under paragraph (6)(a) remains liable for the performance of any duty under paragraph (1) or (2) in relation to the design plan.