Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 509 | Title: | OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 509 | Long title | |
| Cap 509 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 509 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 509 s 2 | Purposes of Ordinance | |
| Cap 509 s 3 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 509 s 4 | Application of Ordinance to certain persons | |
| Cap 509 s 5 | Ordinance to bind Government | |
| Cap 509 Part II | RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AT WORK | |
| Cap 509 s 6 | Employers to ensure safety and health of employees | |
| Cap 509 s 7 | Occupier of premises to ensure safety and health of persons employed at those premises | |
| Cap 509 s 8 | Employees at work to take care of others and to co-operate with employer | |
| Cap 509 Part III | ENFORCEMENT | |
| Cap 509 s 9 | Commissioner may serve improvement notice on employer or occupier | |
| Cap 509 s 10 | Commissioner may serve suspension notice on employer or occupier | |
| Cap 509 s 11 | Right of employer or occupier to have suspension notice reviewed | |
| Cap 509 s 12 | Employer or occupier may appeal to Appeal Board against Commissioner's decision | |
| Cap 509 Part IV | WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES | |
| Cap 509 s 13 | Person responsible for workplace to notify accidents and other matters | |
| Cap 509 s 14 | Occupier of relevant premises to report dangerous occurrence to occupational safety officer | |
| Cap 509 s 15 | Medical practitioner to notify occupational disease to Commissioner | |
| Cap 509 s 16 | Holding of informal inquiry into workplace accident or dangerous occurrence | |
| Cap 509 s 17 | Holding of formal inquiry into workplace accident or dangerous occurrence | |
| Cap 509 s 18 | Coronial inquest not affected by inquiry under section 17 | |
| Cap 509 Part V | APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF OFFICERS | |
| Cap 509 s 19 | Appointment of officers to administer Ordinance | |
| Cap 509 s 20 | Commissioner may assign designations to officers | |
| Cap 509 s 21 | Exercise or performance of functions by occupational safety officers | |
| Cap 509 s 22 | Power to enter premises where workplace is located | |
| Cap 509 s 23 | Powers of occupational safety officers who have entered premises | |
| Cap 509 s 24 | Occupational safety officer may request certain information | |
| Cap 509 s 25 | Occupational safety officer may require responsible person to exhibit notice in workplace | |
| Cap 509 s 26 | Offence to obstruct occupational safety officers and others exercising or performing functions under Ordinance | |
| Cap 509 s 27 | Offence to impersonate occupational safety officer | |
| Cap 509 s 28 | Public officers not personally liable for certain acts and omissions | |
| Cap 509 Part VI | MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES | |
| Cap 509 s 29 | Offence for public officers and others to disclose certain information | |
| Cap 509 s 30 | Offence for person to interfere with or misuse article provided for safety or health of employees | |
| Cap 509 s 31 | Offence for employer to charge employees for anything done to fulfil statutory requirement | |
| Cap 509 s 32 | Offence to prevent aid from being given to employee at workplace | |
| Cap 509 s 33 | Liability of directors, partners, etc. | |
| Cap 509 Part VII | PROCEEDINGS FOR OFFENCES | |
| Cap 509 s 34 | Prosecution for offence may be brought in Commissioner's name | |
| Cap 509 s 35 | Not necessary to specify certain matters in summons for offence | |
| Cap 509 s 36 | Evidentiary statements | |
| Cap 509 s 37 | Evidence of employer-employee relationship | |
| Cap 509 s 38 | Onus on defendant to prove certain matters | |
| Cap 509 s 39 | Person not liable to be prosecuted twice for same act or omission | |
| Cap 509 Part VIII | WORKPLACE CODES AND SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION | |
| Cap 509 s 40 | Workplace codes of practice | |
| Cap 509 s 41 | Effect of workplace code of practice | |
| Cap 509 s 42 | Commissioner may make regulations | |
| Cap 509 s 43 | Commissioner may amend Schedules | |
| Cap 509 Part IX | SUPPLEMENTARY | |
| Cap 509 s 44 | Commissioner may grant exemptions from operation of Ordinance | |
| Cap 509 s 45 | Requirements imposed by Ordinance on 2 or more different persons | |
| Cap 509 s 46 | Regulations and codes of practice under Ordinance to prevail | |
| Cap 509 s 47 | How documents are to be served for purposes of Ordinance | |
| Cap 509 s 48 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 509 s 49 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 509 s 50 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 509 s 51 | Savings and transitional provisions | |
| Cap 509 Sched 1 | DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES | |
| Cap 509 Sched 2 | NOTIFIABLE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES | |
| Cap 509 Sched 3 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 509 Sched 4 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 509 Sched 5 | SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS |
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