Section 127 of Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A: Safety and health regulations

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the Council, make regulations under this Act to— (a) prohibit exposure to hazard; or
(b) prescribe ways to prevent or minimise exposure to hazard.
(2) The Cabinet Secretary may, after consultation with the Council, make regulations—
(a) which are necessary or expedient in the interest of the safety and health of persons at work, or the safety and health of persons who use plant or machinery, or the protection of persons other than persons at work against risks to safety and health arising from or connected with the activities of persons at work, including regulations to provide for—
(i) the planning, layout, construction, use, alteration, repair, maintenance or demolition of buildings;
(ii) the control, the storage and use of explosives or highly flammable or otherwise dangerous substances;
(iii) the design, manufacture, construction, installation, operation, use, handling, alteration, repair, maintenance or conveyance of plant, machinery or health and safety equipment;
(iv) the training, safety equipment or facilities to be provided by employers, the persons to whom and the circumstances in which they are to be provided and the application thereof;
(v) the safety and health measures to be taken by employers or users;
(vi) the occupational hygiene measures to be taken by employers or users;
(vii) any matter regarding the biological monitoring or medical surveillance of employees;
(viii) the production, processing, use, handling, storage or transport of, and the exposure of employees and other persons to, hazardous articles, substances or organisms or potentially hazardous articles, substances or organisms, including specific limits, thresholds or indices of or for such exposure;
(ix) the performance of work in hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or circumstances;
(x) the measures to be taken to reduce the risk of fire breaking out in any workplace or of any such fire or smoke therefrom, spreading in any workplace;
(xi) standard safety signs;
(xii) the ergonomic requirements for various work situations and appliances;
(xiii) the emergency equipment and medicine to be made available by employers, the places where such equipment and medicine are to be held, the requirements with which such equipment and medicine shall comply, the inspection of such equipment and medicine, the application of first-aid and the qualifications which persons applying first-aid shall possess;
(xiv) the compilation by employers of safety and health directives in respect of a workplace, the matters to be dealt within such directives and the manner in which such directives shall be brought to the attention of employees and other persons at a workplace;
(xv) the registration of persons performing hazardous work or using or handling plant or machinery, the qualifications which the persons shall possess and the fees payable to the Director in respect of such registration;
(xvi) the accreditation, functions, duties and activities of approved inspection authorities;
(xvii) the consultations between an employer and employees on matters of health and safety;
(xviii) the provision of information by an employer or user to employees or the public on any matter to which this Act relates;
(xix) the conditions under which any employer is prohibited from permitting any person to partake of food or to smoke on or in any premises where a specified activity is carried out;
(xx) the conditions under which the manufacture of explosives and activities incidental thereto may take place;
(xxi) the fees payable under this Act.
(b) to provide for the preventive and protective measures for major hazard installations with view to protect employees and the public against the risk of major incidents;
(c) to establish committees for the purposes of this Act; and
(d) to provide for any other matter necessary or desirable for the effective carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
(3) Where the Cabinet Secretary is satisfied that any manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or description of manual labour used in a workplace is of such a nature as to cause risk of bodily injury, or be offensive, to the workers or any class of workers, the Cabinet Secretary may, subject to the provisions of this Act, make such rules as are practicable to meet the necessity of the case.
(4) The rules made under subsection (3) may, without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by this section—
(a) prohibit the employment of, or modify or limit the hours of employment of, all persons or any class of persons in connexion with any manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or description of manual labour;
(b) prohibit, limit or control the use of any material or process; or
(c) apply to provisions relating to—
(i) arrangements for preparing, heating, and taking of meals;
(ii) ambulance and first-aid arrangements;
(iii) rest rooms;
(iv) arrangement for the supervision of workers; and (v) lifting of excessive weights.
(5) Any rules or regulations made under this Act may be made for a limited period and may be made subject to such conditions as the Cabinet Secretary deems fit, and may contain such supplemental and consequential provisions necessary for giving effect to the rules or order.