Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
Regulation 26
Inspection of scaffolds
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace in which a scaffold is constructed, erected or installed to ensure that no scaffold is used unless it has been inspected by a scaffold supervisor —
upon completion of its construction, erection or installation, as the case may be;
thereafter, at intervals of not more than 7 days immediately following the date of the last inspection by the scaffold supervisor; and
after exposure to weather conditions likely to have affected its strength or stability or to have displaced any part.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the scaffold supervisor to —
enter the results of every inspection referred to in paragraph (1) into a register containing such details as may be required by the Commissioner; and
provide the register to the occupier of the workplace.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be the duty of the occupier of the workplace in which a scaffold is constructed, erected or installed to —
keep the register referred to in paragraph (2) at the workplace; and
produce the register for inspection upon request by an inspector.
Subregulation 4
This regulation shall not apply to —
a trestle scaffold; or
a scaffold, from no part of which a person is liable to fall more than 2 metres.
Subregulation 5
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]