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Workplace Safety and Health Act
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Workplace Safety and Health Act

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Preliminary

1Citation
2Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act (but not the regulations), this Act shall apply to all workplaces.
3Application of Act to Government

Interpretation

4Interpretation
5Meanings of “workplace” and “factory”
6

Part 3

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8All officers and employees of the Authority, inspectors and authorised officers are deemed to be public servants within the meaning of, and...
9Identification of inspectors and authorised officers

General Duties of Persons at Workplaces

10Duties according to different capacities
11Duty of occupier of workplace
12Duties of employers
13Duties of self-employed persons
14Duties of principals
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15Duties of persons at work
16Duties of manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment or hazardous substances used at work
17Duties of persons who erect, install or modify machinery or equipment and persons in control of machinery for use at work
18Other related duties of occupiers and employers
19Duties of occupier of common areas
20Offence of breach of duty under this Part

Powers of Enforcement

21Power to issue remedial order or stop-work order
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23Power to suspend certificate

Investigations, Inquiries and Reporting of Accidents, Dangerous Occurences and Occupational Diseases

24Investigation into accidents, dangerous occurrences etc.
25Alteration or addition to machinery, equipment etc.
26Minister may direct inquiry to be held
27Notification and reporting of accidents, dangerous occurrences etc.

Safety and Health Management Arrangements

28Workplace safety and health officers and co-ordinators
29Workplace safety and health committees
30Workplace safety and health auditors
31Safety and health training courses
32No person shall act as —
33Application for and grant of approval
34Duration of approval
35Cancellation of approval
36Surrender of certificate
37False assumption of title
38Offences under this Part

Codes of Practice

39Codes of practice
40Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings

Inspections and Other Powers of Enforcement

41Powers of inspectors
42Power to take samples
43Power to examine and secure attendance
44Persons not to reveal protected information

Offences, Penalties and Proceedings

45Unregistered factories
46Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable
47Offences by bodies corporate etc.
48Arrest of persons accused of offence under section 15(3) or 21(7)
49General penalty
50Penalty for repeat offenders
51Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied
52Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations
53When magistrate may take cognisance of offence
54Jurisdiction of court
55Compounding of offences
56Power to modify agreements
57Power to apportion cost of alterations

General

58Relation to other laws
59Civil liability
60Limitation of liability
61Exempt workers, workplaces and equipment etc.
62Service of documents etc.
63Amendment of Schedules
64Regulations

Schedules

Schedule 1
SCHEDULE 2 (section 4(1)) DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES 1. Bursting of a revolving vessel, wheel, grindstone or grinding wheel moved by mechanical...
SCHEDULE 3 (section 4(1)) OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 1. Aniline poisoning 2. Anthrax 3. Arsenical poisoning 4. Asbestosis 5. Barotrauma 6. Beryl...
SCHEDULE 3 — (continued) 24. Manganese poisoning 25. Mercurial poisoning 26. Mesothelioma 27. Nitrous fumes poisoning 28. Noise-induced dea...
SCHEDULE 4 (section 4(1)) WORKS OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION 1. The construction of any railway line or siding. 2. The construction, structu...
Schedule 5 (Sections 16(1) and 17(1)) Machinery, Equipment or Hazardous Substances Part 1 Machinery and Equipment 1. Scaffolds and Any Mate...
SCHEDULE 5 — (continued) 4. Oxidising substances 5. Pyrophoric substances 6. Gases under pressure 7. Organic peroxides 8. Self-heating subs...
SCHEDULE 5 — (continued) Item Substance UN Number Threshold quantity (in tonnes) 4. Ammonium nitrate – with not more than 0.2% combustible...
SCHEDULE 5 — (continued) Item Substance UN Number Threshold quantity (in tonnes) 21. Oxides of nitrogen – including nitrous oxide, nitrogen...
SCHEDULE 6 (sections 27(2) and 61(1)) EXEMPT PERSONS AT WORK 1. Any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, the Prisons Department, the In...

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58. Relation to other laws

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Nothing in this Act or in any approved code of practice shall derogate from the effect of any other written law.

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“approved code of practice” means any code of practice issued or approved under section 39;

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“approved code of practice” means any code of practice issued or approved under section 39;
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