Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Giving of notice of accident by employer
Subregulation 1
The prescribed time for an employer to give notice of an accident to the Commissioner and the employer’s insurer under section 35(3) of the Act is 10 days after the date the employer first has notice of the accident in accordance with section 35(2) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), where the employer’s employee contracts an occupational disease mentioned in section 10(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act, the employer first has notice of the accident when the employer has knowledge that a health professional has certified that, in the health professional’s opinion, the employee is suffering from such a disease.
Subregulation 3
Notice of an accident —
to the Commissioner under section 35(3)(a) of the Act must be given in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner at the website https://www.mom.gov.sg/iReport; and
to the employer’s insurer under section 35(3)(b) of the Act must be given in writing.
Subregulation 4
The notice of an accident under paragraph (3)(a) is deemed to be given when the employer makes a report in respect of the same accident in accordance with regulation 4, 6 or 7 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations (Rg 3).