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WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
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(A) which is of such a nature as to cause any risk of bodily injury to any person at work; or
(B) which poses any health hazard to persons at work;
(u) the conduct of any risk assessment or safety and health arrangement and the duties of any occupier, employer or any other person in relation to the conduct of the risk assessment or the safety and health arrangement;
(v) the implementation of any safety and health management system and the duties of any occupier, employer or any other person in relation to the implementation of the safety and health management system;
(w) the prescribing of anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.

(3) The regulations made under this section may prescribe offences in respect of the contravention of any provision thereof, and may prescribe that fines not exceeding $20,000 and imprisonment not exceeding 2 years may, on conviction, be imposed in respect of any such offence.

(4) The regulations may impose duties on any person who has control or influence over any aspect of workplace safety or health, including but not limited to any occupier, owner, employer, manufacturer, designer or employed person.

(5) Regulations made under subsection (2)(r) may, among other things—

(a) prohibit the employment of, or modify or limit the hours of employment of, any person at work in connection with any manufacture, machinery, plant, process or description of work;
(b) prohibit, limit or control the use of any material or process;
(c) prescribe maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved by any person at work;
(d) prescribe the qualifications and minimum age of, and the training to be received by, persons who are at work using any machinery or plant; and
(e) prescribe the procedures to be undertaken before the work can be carried out.