Repeal and replacement
of sections 7
and 8.
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3. Sections 7 and 8 of the principal Ordinance are repealed and replaced by the following-
"Registra
tion and provisional registration.
7. (1) Every-
(a) factory:
(6) mine; and
(c) premises or place in which a dangerous trade or
scheduled trade is carried on.
shall be registered or provisionally registered in accordance with the provisions of this section,
(2) The proprietor of a registrable workplace shal| apply to the Commissioner for a certificate of the registra- tion or of the provisional registration thereof
(a) before the first occasion on which any industrial process is commenced or any industrial operation is carried on in the registrable workplace; and (b) thereafter before the date on which a certificate of registration or of provisional registration, as the case may be, expires under subsection (4). (3) The Commissioner shall maintain registers of registrable workplaces in respect of which certificates of registration and certificates of provisional registration have been issued,
(4) A certificate of registration and a certificate of provisional registration shall expire and cease to have effect-
(a) two years from the date of issue of a certificate of registration or twelve months from the date of issue of a certificate of provisional registration; or (b) on such date as may be specified therein under
subsection (6).
whichever is the earlier.
(5) The Commissioner may issue in respect of any registrable workplace-
(a) a certificate of registration if he is satisfied that
the registrable workplace is-
() suitable, as regards the location thereof, for use as a factory or mine or for the carrying on therein of a dangerous trade or scheduled trade. as the case may be; and
(ii) capable of being used as a factory or mine, or for the carrying on therein of a dangerous trade. or a scheduled trade, as the case may be. in.
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accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
of any regulations made under this Ordinance and of any exemption or order made in relation thereto by the Commissioner of Labour under subsection (4) of section 5; or
(b) a certificate of provisional registration if he is satisfied that the registrable workplace may be used as a factory or mine or for the carrying on therein of a dangerous trade or scheduled trade. as the case may be, with due regard to the safety, health and welfare of persons employed therein and of the public.
(6) A certificate of registration and a certificate of provisional registration shall be in such form as the Com- missioner may prescribe and valid for such period, not exceeding two years in the case of a certificate of registra- tion, or twelve months in the case of a certificate of provisional registration, as may be specified therçin,
(7) The Commissioner of Labour may- (a) attach to any certificate of registration or of pro- visional registration by endorsement thereon such conditions as he may think fis
(b) refuse in writing addressed to the applicant therefor to issue a certificate of registration or of provisional registration;
(c) cancel, by notice in writing addressed to the
proprietor of a registrable workplace, the cer tificate of registration or of provisional registration relating thereto in the event of the breach of any condition attached thereto under paragraph (a) or for any other reason which he may deem sufficient.
(8) Any person aggrieved by-
(a)
the attachment of any condition to a certificate of registration or of provisional registration under paragraph (a) of subsection (7):
(b) a refusal to issue certificate of registration or of provisional registration under paragraph (b) of subsection (7); or
(c) a cancellation of a certificate of registration or of provisional registration under paragraph (c) of subsection (7).