Section 4: Standards and classification systems

4. Standards and classification systems (1) Without prejudice to any standards issued under the Environment Protection Act and the classification requirements specified under the Dangerous Chemicals Control Act, the Minister may, for the purpose of providing practical guidance, prescribe any standard, classification system or method of calculation in respect of any matter governed by this Act which the Minister deems appropriate. (2) In criminal proceedings under this Act, failure on the part of an employer or owner to observe any provision of a standard, classification system, or method of calculation, prescribed under subsection (1) shall be proof of failure to comply with the provisions of this Act to which the standard, classification system or method of calculation relates, unless the Court is satisfied that the standard, classification system or method of calculation was complied with otherwise. PART II – DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES