Section 29: Registration and deregistration of Safety and Health Officers

29. Registration and deregistration of Safety and Health Officers (1) No person shall practise as a Safety and Health Officer unless he is registered under this Act. (2) Any person who possesses the qualifications specified in Part I of the First Schedule and wishes to practise as a Safety and Health Officer for any employer shall— (a) make an application in the form set out in the Sixteenth Schedule to the Permanent Secretary; (b) furnish such documents and relevant information to the Permanent Secretary as he may require; and (c) pay the prescribed fee. (3) On receipt of an application under subsection (2), the Permanent Secretary shall, after making such enquiry as he may deem necessary— (a) register the Safety and Health Officer and issue a certificate of registration in respect of such employers as may be specified in the application; or (b) refuse to register the applicant and specify the ground of refusal. [Issue 1] O2 – 24 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3A) (a) No employee or Safety and Health Officer who is employed on a full-time basis shall also be employed as a Safety and Health Officer on a part-time basis unless— (i) he is authorised to be so employed by the Permanent Secretary; and (ii) he is employed by another employer. (b) The Permanent Secretary may, after making such enquiry as he deems appropriate, grant an authority under paragraph (a) in respect of not more than one other employer. (4) Where a Safety and Health Officer— (a) ceases to work for any of the employers specified in his certificate of registration; or (b) is employed by an employer not specified in his certificate of registration, he shall notify the Permanent Secretary of that fact within 14 days and apply for a new certificate of registration in accordance with subsection (2). (5) Following an application under subsection (4), a new certificate of registration shall be issued upon surrender of the previous certificate. (6) The Permanent Secretary shall keep and maintain a register of Safety and Health Officers. (7) (a) Any person who performs the duties of a Safety and Health Officer under this Act without a certificate of registration issued by the Permanent Secretary shall commit an offence. (b) Any Safety and Health Officer who makes any entry in the register provided to him under section 20 by any employer, or any report, or record, which is false in any material particular, shall commit an offence. (8) Any Safety and Health Officer may be deregistered— (a) if he is found guilty of an offence under or related to this Act; or (b) for gross incapacity, misconduct or impropriety in the fulfilment of his functions under this Act; (c) for contravention of section 30 (8) (a) or giving false or misleading information in a record kept under section 30 (8) (b). [S. 29 amended by s. 3 of Act 8 of 2009 w.e.f. 15 July 2009.]