Singapore legislation
Regulation 53
Regulation 53
Design of cantilever or jib supports by professional engineer
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of a professional engineer who designs a cantilever or jib support referred to in regulation 52(3)(b) to —
take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures to ensure that his design can be executed safely by any person who constructs or uses the cantilever or jib support according to his design; and
provide to any person who constructs or is to construct the cantilever or jib support, all design documentation (including all relevant calculations, drawings and construction procedures) as is necessary to facilitate the proper construction of the cantilever or jib support according to his design.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace in which a scaffold is erected on cantilever or jib supports to ensure that the scaffold is not used unless —
the scaffold (including the cantilever or jib support) has been examined by the professional engineer after its erection or installation, and a certificate stating that the scaffold is safe for use has been obtained from the professional engineer;
the design and drawings certified by the professional engineer and the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (a) are kept available at the workplace for inspection by an inspector; and
the scaffold has been inspected by a professional engineer at least once every 3 months to ensure that it is safe for use.
Subregulation 3
It shall be the duty of the professional engineer, when he discovers any defect in a scaffold in the course of his examination or inspection referred to in paragraph (2), to immediately inform the occupier of the workplace in which the scaffold is erected or installed.
Subregulation 4
It shall be the duty of the occupier of the workplace referred to in paragraph (3), upon being informed of any defect in a scaffold under that paragraph, to immediately take action to rectify the defect before the scaffold is used.
Subregulation 5
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]