Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

167.   Occupational Safety Regulations

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    (1)   The Minister may make regulations for securing, as far as is practicable, safe working conditions and safe means of access for masters and seamen employed in Saint Lucian ships, and requiring the reporting of injuries sustained by them.

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    (2)   Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may—

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      (a)     require the maintenance, inspection and testing of any equipment and impose conditions on its use;

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      (b)     require, prohibit, or regulate the use of any material or process;

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      (c)     require the provision and issue of any protective clothing or equipment;

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      (d)     limit the hours of employment of seamen in any specified operation or in any specified circumstances; and

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      (e)     make provision for the discharge, by persons appointed from among the persons employed in a ship, of functions in connection with the arrangements to be made under regulations.

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