Cap. 424 Art. 12Power to make regulations.

(1) The Minister may make regulations for safeguarding occupational health and safety, for determining the precautions to be taken for this purpose and generally for the purpose of carrying into operation any of the provisions of this Act, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may make regulations -

(a) prescribing anything that is required or authorised by this Act to be prescribed;

(b) concerning the testing, examination and the certificates or seals of approval of any equipment, machine, device, article or thing used or intended to be used in a work place;

(c) on the importation, presence, use, handling of, or exposure to any chemical, biological or physical agent, or a combination thereof, which may be used at work;

(d) on the methods, standards or procedures for determining the amount, concentration or level of any physical, chemical or biological agent in a work place;

(e) concerning the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work;

(f) on the notification, reporting and investigation of deaths, diseases, injuries or other accidents or incidents involving health and safety in a work place;

(g) on the hours a worker may be required to work;

(h) relating to the safety of any equipment, machine, device, material, chemicals, process, article or thing whatsoever used or intended to be used in a work place;

(i) relating to the right of a worker to refuse to work or to do a particular work, the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which such a right is exercisable;

(j) on any other matter related to occupational health and safety.

(2) Without prejudice to any matter aforesaid, regulations made under this article may also -

(a) distinguish between different classes of work places, different classes of work and between different classes of workers, and may also make other distinctions as may be deemed appropriate;

(b) prohibit, regulate, restrict, limit or control any matter in respect of which regulations may be made;

(c) empower the Authority to require a license, certificate or other requirement in respect of any matter for which regulations may be made and to levy fees or other charges in respect thereof, or in respect of any service provided by the Authority.