Singapore legislation

Regulation 26

of Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011

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 —

(a)

upon completion of its construction, erection or installation, as the case may be;

(b)

thereafter, at intervals of not more than 7 days immediately following the date of the last inspection by the scaffold supervisor; and

(c)

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 —

(a)

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

(b)

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 —

(a)

keep the register referred to in paragraph (2) at the workplace; and

(b)

produce the register for inspection upon request by an inspector.

Subregulation 4

This regulation shall not apply to —

(a)

a trestle scaffold; or

(b)

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]