Workplace Safety and Health (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Mar 2006

No. S 140

Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

(Act 7 of 2006)

Workplace Safety and Health (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(16) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2006.

Transitional provision

2.—(1) Notwithstanding section 66 of the Act—

(a)

section 86 of the repealed Act shall continue to apply to —

(i)	any charge, information, complaint or other proceeding arising under that Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder which relates to any matter which has taken place before 1st March 2006; and
(ii)	any offence under that Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder which is committed before 1st March 2006;

(b)

sections 88, 89, 90 and 92 to 99 of the repealed Act shall continue to apply to any contravention of that Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder which took place before 1st March 2006; and

(c)

section 91 of the repealed Act shall continue to apply in respect of any act referred to therein which took place before 1st March 2006.

(2) For the purposes of such application —

(a)	any reference in those provisions to an inspector shall be construed as a reference to an inspector under the Act; and
(b)	any reference in those provisions to the Chief Inspector shall be construed as a reference to the Commissioner under the Act.

Made this 28th day of February 2006.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[C010-048; AG/LEG/SL/354A/2006/1 Vol. 1]

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