Section 100: Regulations

100. Regulations (1) The Minister may, make such regulations, as he thinks fit for the purposes of this Act and any such regulations may provide for the issue of permits and the taking of fees. (2) The Minister may, by regulations, amend any Schedule to this Act. (3) Where it appears to the Minister— (a) that in any place of work— (i) cases of illness have occurred which he has reason to believe may be due to the nature of a process or other conditions of work; or (ii) by reason of changes in any process or in the substances used in any process, or by reason of the introduction of any new process or new substance for use in a process, there may be risk of bodily injury to persons employed in that process; or [Issue 1] O2 – 66 Revised Laws of Mauritius (iii) young persons are or are about to be employed in work which may cause bodily injury; or (b) that there may be risk of bodily injury to persons employed in any place of work— (i) from any substance, material or plant brought to the place of work to be used or handled therein; or (ii) from any change in the conditions of work or other conditions in the place of work, he may make regulations requiring such reasonable arrangements to be made for the medical supervision, including first aid treatment and medical treatment of a preventive character and medical examinations of the persons, or any class of the persons, employed in that place of work or class or description of places of work as may be specified in the regulations. (4) Where the Minister is satisfied that section 47 cannot be complied with, he may, by regulations, exempt certain classes of machinery, or any part of such machinery, from the provisions of that section. (5) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of regulating lodging accommodation and other facilities provided by an employer, whether or not as a term of his contract of employment with his employees, and whether or not the employees are citizens or residents of Mauritius, or are guest employees.