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ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 1 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 1 Associated Statutory Provisions

Associated Statutory Provisions

Section 2.

Chapter, Number and Year (1)

Chapter, Number and Year

(1)

Short Title (2)

Short Title

(2)

Associated Statutory Provisions (3)

Associated Statutory Provisions

(3)

5 & 6 Vict., c. 55

Regulation of Railways Act 1842

The whole Act

34 & 35 Vict., c. 78

Regulation of Railways Act 1871

The whole Act

38 & 39 Vict., c. 17

Explosives Act 1875

The whole Act

Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2000

The whole Acts

1894 c. 28

Notice of Accidents Act 1894

The whole Act

1900 c. 27

Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900

The whole Act

Electricity (Supply) Acts 1927 to 2004

The whole Acts

No. 40 of 1936

Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936

Section 60

No. 12 of 1961

Poisons Act 1961

Sections 14 and 15

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2004

The whole Acts

No. 30 of 1976

Gas Act 1976

Sections 7, 8(2) (as substituted by section 11 of the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 (No. 10 of 2002)) and 38

No. 9 of 1987

Gas (Amendment) Act 1987

Sections 2(1) and (2)

No. 10 of 2002

Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002

Section 11

No. 27 of 1993

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993

Chapter 10 of Part II

No. 30 of 1981

Fire Services Act 1981

Section 3 and Parts 1, II and III

No. 15 of 2003

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003

Part III

No. 6 of 1987

Air Pollution Act 1987

The whole Act

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 2 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 2 Existing Enactments

Existing Enactments

Sections 2 and 4.

PART 1 Enactments

PART 1

Enactments

Chapter, Number and Year (1)

Chapter, Number and Year

(1)

Title (1)

Title

(1)

45 & 46 Vict., c. 22

Boiler Explosions Act 1882

53 & 54 Vict., c. 35

Boiler Explosions Act 1890

No. 7 of 1965

Mines and Quarries Act 1965

Dangerous Substances Acts 1972 and 1979

Safety in Industry Acts 1955 and 1980

Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Acts 1987 and 1995

No. 7 of 1989

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989

PART 2 Regulations made under the European Communities Act 1972 which are Existing Enactments

PART 2

Regulations made under the European Communities Act 1972 which are Existing Enactments

Section 2.

1986

European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 292 of 1986)

1989

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 34) European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 194 of 1989)

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 34)

European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 194 of 1989)

1990

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Noise) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 157 of 1990)

1992

European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 21 of 1992)

1993

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Asbestos) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 276 of 1993)

1999

European Communities (Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 83 of 1999)

2000

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Asbestos) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 74 of 2000) European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 476 of 2000)

European Communities (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Asbestos) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 74 of 2000)

European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 476 of 2000)

2001

European Communities (Safety Advisers for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 6 of 2001) European Communities (Machinery) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 518 of 2001)

European Communities (Safety Advisers for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 6 of 2001)

European Communities (Machinery) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 518 of 2001)

2002

European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Industrial Chemicals) (Enforcement) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 395 of 2002)

2003

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling and Notification of Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 116 of 2003) European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 220 of 2003) European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 402 of 2003) European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 503 of 2003)

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling and Notification of Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 116 of 2003)

European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 220 of 2003)

European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 402 of 2003)

European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 503 of 2003)

2004

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 62 of 2004) European Communities (Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2004 (S.I No. 374 of 2004) European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 852 of 2004)

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 62 of 2004)

European Communities (Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2004 (S.I No. 374 of 2004)

European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 852 of 2004)

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 3 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 3 General Principles of Prevention

SCHEDULE 3

General Principles of Prevention

Section 8.

1. The avoidance of risks.

2. The evaluation of unavoidable risks.

3. The combating of risks at source.

4. The adaptation of work to the individual, especially as regards the design of places of work, the choice of work equipment and the choice of systems of work, with a view, in particular, to alleviating monotonous work and work at a predetermined work rate and to reducing the effect of this work on health.

5. The adaptation of the place of work to technical progress.

6. The replacement of dangerous articles, substances or systems of work by safe or less dangerous articles, substances or systems of work.

7. The giving of priority to collective protective measures over individual protective measures.

8. The development of an adequate prevention policy in relation to safety, health and welfare at work, which takes account of technology, organisation of work, working conditions, social factors and the influence of factors related to the working environment.

9. The giving of appropriate training and instructions to employees.

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 4 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 4 Safety Committees

SCHEDULE 4

Safety Committees

Section 26.

1. Should they so wish the employees employed in a place of work to which section 26 applies may select and appoint from amongst their number members of a safety committee to perform the functions assigned to safety committees under this Act.

2. The number of members of a safety committee shall not be less than 3 and shall not exceed one for every 20 persons employed in a place of work at the time when the committee is appointed or 10, whichever is the less.

3. Where pursuant to paragraph 2 the number of members of which a safety committee is to be comprised is—

(a) 4 or less, one member of the committee may be appointed by the employer, and the remaining members of the committee may be selected and appointed by the employees,

(b) not more than 8 and not less than 5, 2 members of the committee may be appointed by the employer, and the remaining members may be selected and appointed by the employees, and

(c) more than 8, 3 members of the committee may be appointed by the employer and the remaining members may be selected and appointed by the employees.

4. Where, in a place of work, a safety representative or representatives have been appointed under section 25, at least one such safety representative shall be selected and appointed by the employees to be a member of the committee.

5. Where a safety committee is appointed under section 26 the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the safety committee shall assist the employer and employees concerned in relation to the relevant statutory provisions,

(b) the quorum for a meeting of a safety committee shall be such number, being not less than 3, as shall for the time being be fixed by the committee,

(c) where a member of a safety committee ceases to be employed in the place of work concerned, he or she shall at the same time cease to be a member of the committee,

(d) the employer shall be entitled to attend personally, or to nominate a person or persons to attend on his or her behalf at each meeting of the safety committee,

(e) the employer or his or her nominee or nominees shall attend the first meeting of the safety committee and shall, as soon as may be after it is available, present to the members of the safety committee the statement required under section 20, and

(f) the safety committee shall consider any representations made to it by the employer on matters affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in the place of work.

6. On a request being made in that behalf by a safety committee, the employer shall consult with the safety committee with the object of reaching agreement concerning—

(i) facilities for holding meetings of the safety committee, and

(ii) the frequency, duration and times of meetings of the safety committee.

7. Subject to the terms of any agreement between the employer and a safety committee, meetings of the safety committee shall be held from time to time on such days as the committee shall decide and such meetings may be held during normal working hours, without loss of remuneration to the members of the committee if the following conditions are satisfied, namely

(i) except in the case of an emergency such meeting shall not be held more frequently than once every three months;

(ii) the duration of each such meeting shall not exceed one hour;

(iii) the number of members of the safety committee attending such a meeting shall be at least such as is required to form a quorum, and

(iv) the times at which the meetings of the safety committee are held shall be compatible with the efficient operation of the place of work.

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 5 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 5 The Authority

SCHEDULE 5

The Authority

Sections 32 and 37.

1. In this Schedule, except where the context otherwise requires, “member” means a member of the Authority, including the chairperson.

2. (1) The seal of the Authority shall be authenticated by the signature of—

(a) the chairperson of the Authority or other member authorised by the Authority to act in that behalf, and

(b) the Chief Executive or a member of staff of the Authority authorised by the Authority to act in that behalf.

(2) Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal of the Authority and every document purporting to be an instrument made by, and to be sealed with the seal of, the Authority (purporting to be authenticated in accordance with subparagraph (1)) shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such instrument without further proof unless the contrary is shown.

3. Subject to this Act, a member shall hold office on the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances for expenses) that may be determined by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

4. A member shall be appointed by the Minister in a part-time capacity and shall hold office for 3 years and a member whose term of office expires shall be eligible for reappointment.

5. A member shall not be eligible for reappointment where he or she has served 2 terms of office.

6. A member may resign from office by written notice given to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date specified in the notice or on the date on which the Minister receives the notice, whichever is the later.

7. The Minister may remove a member from office—

(a) if the member becomes incapable through ill-health of effectively performing his or her functions,

(b) for stated misbehaviour, or

(c) if the member's removal appears to the Minister to be necessary for the effective performance by the Authority of its functions,

and the Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas a written statement of the reasons for any such removal.

8. A member shall cease to be and shall be disqualified from being a member where the member—

(a) is adjudicated bankrupt,

(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors,

(c) is convicted of an indictable offence,

(d) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction, or

(e) is disqualified or restricted from being a director of any company (within the meaning of the Companies Acts 1963 to 2003).

9. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to fill a casual vacancy which arises in the membership of the Authority due to the death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office of a member and the person so appointed shall be appointed in the same manner as the member who occasioned the casual vacancy.

(2) A person appointed to be a member under this paragraph shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the member who occasioned the casual vacancy.

10. (1) A member of the Authority who is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a representative in the European Parliament, or

(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy,

thereupon ceases to be a member of the Authority.

(2) A member of the staff of the Authority who is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a representative in the European Parliament, or

(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy,

thereupon stands seconded from employment by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected, as the case may be, and ending when he or she ceases to be a member of either House or that Parliament.

(3) A period referred to in subparagraph (2) shall not be reckoned as service with the Authority for the purposes of any superannuation benefits, gratuities or other allowances payable on death, retirement or resignation.

(4) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in the House or who is a representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative, be disqualified from becoming a member of, or from employment in any capacity by, the Authority.

(5) The Authority shall not employ or otherwise retain in any capacity a person who would otherwise be disqualified under this paragraph from becoming a member of the Authority.

11. (1) The Authority shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for performing its functions but in any case shall meet not less than once in every 3 months.

(2) The arrangements referred to in paragraph 15 may, with the approval of the Minister, provide for the discharge, under the general direction of the Authority, of any of its functions by a committee of the Authority.

12. The quorum for a meeting of the Authority shall be 6 or such greater number of members as the Authority may from time to time determine.

13. At a meeting of the Authority—

(a) the chairperson shall, if present, be the chairperson of the meeting, or

(b) if and so long as the chairperson is not present or if the office of chairperson is vacant, the deputy chairperson of the Authority shall be chairperson of the meeting, or

(c) if and so long as the chairperson is not present or if the office of chairperson is vacant or the deputy chairperson is not present or the office of deputy chairperson is vacant, the members who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

14. Every question that is to be decided at a meeting of the Authority shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairperson of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

15. Subject to paragraph 12 the Authority may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy among its membership or any deficiency in the appointment of a member that may subsequently be discovered.

16. Subject to this Act, the Authority shall make arrangements for the regulation of its proceedings and business.

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 6 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 6 The Chief Executive

SCHEDULE 6

The Chief Executive

Section 39.

1. The Chief Executive shall be appointed on the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to duration of contract, performance, remuneration, allowances for expenses and removal from office) that the Authority may from time to time determine with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

2. The Chief Executive shall be paid by the Authority out of such moneys at its disposal such remuneration and such allowances for expenses (if any) incurred by him or her as the Authority, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, may determine.

3. The Chief Executive shall perform his or her functions subject to such policies as may be determined from time to time by the Authority and shall be accountable to the Authority for the efficient and effective management of the Authority and for the due performance of his or her functions.

4. The Chief Executive may delegate any of his or her functions to an employee of the Authority, subject to such conditions as the Chief Executive considers appropriate, unless they are delegated to the Chief Executive subject to the condition that they shall not be sub-delegated, and the employee concerned shall be accountable to the Chief Executive for the performance of the functions so delegated to him or her.

5. Notwithstanding any delegation under paragraph 3, the Chief Executive shall at all times remain accountable to the Authority for the performance of the functions so delegated.

6. The Chief Executive shall not hold any other office or employment or carry on any business without the consent of the Authority.

ISB Act 2005-06-22

Schedule 7 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 Open official source

SCHEDULE 7 Regulations

SCHEDULE 7

Regulations

Section 58.

The Minister may make regulations under section 58 for or in respect of any matters including the following

(1) requirements to be imposed on employers as regards the safety, health and welfare of their employees at work with respect to—

(a) the management and conduct of work activities including the prevention of improper conduct or behaviour,

(b) the design, provision and maintenance of—

(i) places of work,

(ii) safe means of access to and egress from places of work, and

(iii) plant and machinery and other articles,

(c) the use of any article or substance,

(d) the provision, planning, organisation, performance and maintenance of systems of work,

(e) the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision, including, as appropriate, such provision in an appropriate language or languages,

(f) the determination and implementation of safety, health and welfare measures,

(g) the provision, testing, use and maintenance of protective clothing or equipment,

(h) the preparation and revision of plans and procedures and measures to be taken in emergencies and in the case of serious and imminent danger,

(i) the obtaining of the services of competent persons so as to ensure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work including the training, experience and knowledge required of competent persons,

(j) co-operation in matters relating to safety, health and welfare at work, and

(k) the safety, health and welfare at work of fixed-term or temporary employees;

(2) requirements to be imposed on employers as regards the conduct of their undertakings to provide that in the course of work being carried on persons at the place of work not in the employment of the said employers are not exposed to risks to their safety, health and welfare at the undertaking;

(3) requirements to be imposed on persons to whom section 15 applies in relation to non-domestic places of work as regards such places of work, any article or substance provided for use in such places and as regards access to or egress from such places;

(4) requirements to be imposed on an employee in relation to conduct or behaviour likely to endanger his or her own safety, health and welfare at work or that of any other person including as regards intoxication and submission to reasonable and proportionate tests;

(5) requirements to be imposed on persons as regards interference, misuse or damage of anything provided under the relevant statutory provisions or otherwise for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work;

(6) requirements to be imposed on an employee as regards his or her own safety, health or welfare at work including requirements as regards the use of any appliance, protective clothing, convenience, equipment or means or thing provided for securing their safety, health or welfare at work and attendance at safety and health training;

(7) requirements to be imposed on persons who design, manufacture, import or supply articles for use at work as regards—

(a) the design, construction, testing, examination or use of any article or prescribed class of article, or

(b) the provision of information relating to the use at work for which any article or prescribed class of article was designed or tested or relating to its being sited, tested, installed, repaired, altered, maintained, dismantled or disposed of in a manner which will be safe and without risk to the health or welfare of persons at work;

(8) requirements to be imposed on persons who design or manufacture articles for use at work as regards the carrying out of research with respect to those articles with a view to the discovery of potential risks or the elimination or minimisation of any risks to the safety, health or welfare of persons at work;

(9) requirements to be imposed on persons who erect or install articles for use at work as regards the erection or installation of those articles so as to be safe and without risks to health or welfare when those articles are used in a place of work;

(10) requirements to be imposed on persons who manufacture, import or supply any substance or prescribed class of substance as regards—

(a) the use, testing or examination of the substance, or

(b) the provision of information about any risk to safety, health or welfare to which the substance may give rise, or

(c) the results of tests on the substance or its use or disposal in a manner which will be safe and without risk to the health or welfare of persons at work;

(11) requirements to be imposed on persons who manufacture, or in a case where the manufacture is undertaken outside the State, import any substances as regards the carrying out of research with a view to the discovery, elimination or minimisation of risks to safety, health or welfare to which the substance may give rise when in use;

(12) requirements to be imposed on persons who commission or procure the construction of places of work as regards the appointment of competent persons to ensure those places are designed, can be constructed, are maintained and comply with the relevant statutory provisions so as to be safe and without risk to the health or welfare of persons at work;

(13) requirements to be imposed on persons who design places of work as regards the design of those places so as to be safe and without risk to the health or welfare of persons at work;

(14) requirements to be imposed on persons who construct places of work as regards the construction of those places so as to be safe and without risk to the health or welfare of persons at work;

(15) requirements to be imposed on employers as regards the identification of hazards and the assessment of risks;

(16) requirements to be imposed on employers as regards safety statements;

(17) requirements to be imposed as regards the regulation, prohibition or control of the use of specified articles for use at work including the guarding, siting, installing, commissioning, protecting, testing, examining, inspecting, altering, adjusting, maintaining or dismantling of any such article;

(18) requirements to be imposed as regards the marking of any article for use at work or designed for use as a component of such article;

(19) requirements to be imposed as regards the regulation, prohibition or control of the use of any specified substance;

(20) requirements to be imposed as regards the testing, examination, classification or labelling of any specified substance including notification of specified particulars in relation to such substance;

(21) requirements to be imposed as regards the prohibition or control of importation or supply of any article or substance for use at work;

(22) requirements to be imposed as regards the prohibition or the regulation of the transport of any article or substance for use at work including requirements as regards the construction, testing and marking of containers and means of transport and the packaging and labelling for transport of those articles or substances;

(23) requirements to be imposed as regards the use or design of specified safety signs at places of work;

(24) requirements to be imposed as regards the making of arrangements for health surveillance of persons at work including medical examinations, biological monitoring or special health surveys;

(25) requirements to be imposed as to the registration in a prescribed register of any specified activity or thing in order to monitor compliance with safety, health and welfare requirements under the relevant statutory provisions;

(26) requirements to be imposed as to the appointment of prescribed persons or classes of persons to do prescribed things in relation to safety, health or welfare at work or to carry out specific activities or undertake specific responsibilities with safety, health and welfare implications;

(27) requirements to be imposed as to the regulation of or prohibition from prescribed classes of employment of prescribed classes of persons in relation to their safety, health and welfare at work;

(28) requirements to be imposed with respect to any matter affecting the conditions in which persons work, including such matters as the structural condition and stability of premises, the means of access to and egress from the premises, cleanliness, temperature, humidity, lighting, ventilation, overcrowding, noise, vibrations, ionising and other radiations or other physical agent, dust and fumes and exposure to water or other liquids;

(29) regulating or prohibiting atmospheric or other conditions to which an employee may be exposed in a place of work;

(30) prescribing methods, standards or procedures for determining the amount or level of any atmospheric condition or any biological, chemical or physical agent or combination thereof in a place of work;

(31) requirements to be imposed as to facilities or arrangements for welfare at work (including supply of water, sanitary conveniences, washing or bathing facilities, ambulance and first-aid arrangements, cloakroom facilities, seating, refreshment facilities, facilities for the making or taking of meals or, prohibiting the taking of meals or refreshments in specified circumstances);

(32) requirements to be imposed so as to control or limit—

(a) the emission into a place of work of any specified gas, vapour, smoke, dust, or any other specified substance arising from work activities,

(b) the emission into the working environment of noise, vibration, any ionising or other radiations,

(c) other environmental pollution in the place of work including environmental tobacco smoke, or

(d) the monitoring of any such emissions in a place of work;

(33) conferring powers on inspectors in specified circumstances to require persons to submit written particulars of measures proposed to be taken to achieve compliance with any of the relevant statutory provisions;

(34) requirements to be imposed with respect to the keeping and preservation of records relating to compliance with the relevant statutory provisions in relation to safety, health and welfare at work;

(35) requirements to be imposed as regards the safety, health or welfare of persons with respect to the management of animals in or at places of work;

(36) requirements to be imposed as regards any place of work in relation to—

(a) precautions to be taken against dangers to which the place of work or persons in the place of work are or may be exposed by reason of conditions (including natural conditions) existing in the vicinity of that place, or

(b) securing that persons in a place of work leave that place of work in specified circumstances where there is a risk to their safety or health;

(37) requirements to be imposed as to the doing or prohibition of any specified thing where any accident or other occurrence of a specified kind has occurred;

(38) requirements to be imposed in prescribed circumstances with respect to the taking of precautions in connection with the risk of fire, fire-safety rules and procedures and the provision and maintenance of fire-protection equipment in places of work;

(39) requirements to be imposed with respect to the reporting in the prescribed manner of such matters relating to the safety, health or welfare of persons at work as may be prescribed, or that of other persons arising out of work activities, (including the giving of such information as may be prescribed relating to accidents, personal injuries or dangerous occurrences) to the Authority or a person prescribed under section 33 or to an inspector of the Authority or of a person prescribed under section 33 or to any other person as may be prescribed;

(40) requirements to be imposed with respect to the safe lifting or handling by persons at work of any load likely to cause injury to a person so lifting or handling it;

(41) the prohibition of the carrying on of such work activities as may be prescribed except by or under the supervision of persons with prescribed qualifications, training or experience;

(42) requirements to be imposed as regards joint safety and health agreements;

(43) such further requirements, arrangements, modifications or exemptions as the Minister considers necessary, from time to time, in relation to the operation of sections 25 and 26;

(44) such fees as may be charged under section 47.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005

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