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Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

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Ergonomics Regulations, 2018

11. Ergonomics health and safety technical committee

 

(1) The chief inspector must, after consultation with the Minister, establish an ergonomics health and safety technical committee which must consist of—
(a) a chairperson;
(b) two persons designated by the chief inspector from the employees of the Department of Employment and Labour;
(c) three persons designated by employer’s organisations to represent employers;
(d) three persons designated by employees’ organisations to represent the federation of unions;
(e) one person to represent a professional body recognised by the chief inspector;
(f) persons who are competent in respect of the matters to be dealt with by the ergonomics health and safety technical committee who have been co-opted by the committee with the authorisation of the chief inspector;
(g) one person from the field of ergonomics representing a higher educational institution; and
(h) one person representing occupational medicine.

 

(2) The chief inspector—
(a) must appoint members of the ergonomics health and safety technical committee for a period that he or she may determine at the time of the appointment;
(b) may, after having afforded a member a reasonable opportunity to respond, discharge such a member at any time, for reasons that are fair and just; and
(c) may appoint a new member in the place of a member who is discharged in terms of paragraph (b).

 

(3) The ergonomics health and safety technical committee must—
(a) advise the chief inspector on ergonomics related matters, including, but not limited to, codes, standards and training requirements;
(b) make recommendations and submit reports to the chief inspector regarding any matter to which these Regulations apply;
(c) advise the chief inspector regarding any matter referred to the ergonomics health and safety technical committee by the chief inspector;
(d) perform any other function for the administration of a provision of these Regulations that may be requested by the chief inspector; and
(e) conduct its work in accordance with the instructions and rules of conduct framed by the chief inspector.