PART VI 23.—(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes —| (a) | regulation 3(1), (2) or (5), 4(1) or (2), 7(1), 8(1) or (2), 9(1), (2) or (3), 10(1) or (2), 11, 12(1) or (5), 13(1) or (2), 15(1), (2) or (3), 16(1) or 17; or | | (b) | regulation 7(3) by not complying with regulation 7(4), (5) or (7), |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. |
(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 5(1), 6(3) or 20(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | to a fine not exceeding $2,000; or | | (b) | if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000. |
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| (3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 5(2) or 14(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 6(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or | | (b) | if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000. |
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(5) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes —| (a) | regulation 7(3) by not complying with regulation 7(6); or | | (b) | regulation 14(1), |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction — |
| (c) | to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; or | | (d) | if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. |
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| (6) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 16(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. |
(7) In this regulation, “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence, means a person who —| (a) | is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified in the first column of Part 1, 2 or 3 of the Second Schedule (called the current offence); and | | (b) | has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified opposite the current offence in the second column of Part 1, 2 or 3 of that Schedule (as the case may be), on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted, or found guilty, of the current offence. |
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[S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024] |
| 24. The Factories (Asbestos) Regulations (Cap. 104, Rg 4) are revoked. |
| Saving and transitional provision |
| 25. Any person who, immediately before 30th May 2014, has undertaken or is undertaking any asbestos-removal work shall be entitled to continue doing so as if an approved asbestos-removal contractor for a period of one month after that date, and if the person applies to the Commissioner for approval to act as an approved asbestos-removal contractor under regulation 18(1) within that period, the person shall continue to be entitled to continue carrying on doing so as if an approved asbestos-removal contractor until the date on which the Commissioner issues a certificate of approval, or refuses to approve the application, under regulation 19(1). |
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