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Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Investigations, Inquiries and Reporting of Accidents, Dangerous Occurrences and Occupational Diseases

27. Notification and reporting of accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

The Minister may by regulations require an employer, a platform operator, an occupier, a registered medical practitioner or any other person to notify or to submit a report to the Commissioner in the event of an accident, a dangerous occurrence or an occupational disease in a prescribed workplace.

(2)

Regulations made under subsection (1) may apply to a person who is an exempt person at work specified in the Sixth Schedule.

Terms defined in this Act

at work
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“at work” means —(a)in relation to an employee, all times when the employee is performing work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by his or her employer, wherever that work is carried out;(b)in relation to a self-employed person, all times when the person is performing work as a self-employed person, wherever the work is carried out; and(c)in any other case, all times when the person is performing work at the direction of the other person who engaged him or her, wherever the work is carried out;
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Commissioner
Defined · s 4
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health appointed under section 7;
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dangerous occurrence
Defined · s 4
“dangerous occurrence” means any occurrence which is specified in the First Schedule;
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occupational disease
Defined · s 4
“occupational disease” means any disease specified in the Second Schedule and any other disease that is directly attributable to any exposure to any chemical or biological agent arising out of and in the course of any employment;
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occupier
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“occupier”, in relation to any premises or part of any premises, means —(a)in the case of a factory where a certificate of registration has to be obtained in relation to the premises pursuant to any regulations — the person who is, or is required to be, the holder of the certificate;(b)in the case of a factory where a notification has to be submitted in relation to the factory pursuant to any regulations — the person who is named in the notification, or is required to submit a notification; and(c)in the case of any other premises — the person who has charge, management or control of those premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, whether or not the person is also the owner of those premises;
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registered medical practitioner
Defined · s 4
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered or deemed to be registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;
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regulations
Defined · s 4
“regulations” means regulations made under this Act;
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workplace
Defined · s 5
“workplace” means any premises where a person is at work or is to work, for the time being works, or customarily works, and includes a factory.(2) Subject to this section,
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