Section 7: Special duty of employers using machinery

7. Special duty of employers using machinery (1) Where the total power used or generated by machinery installed at any place of work exceeds 750 kilowatts, the employer shall employ a registered professional engineer to be in general charge of all such machinery, and shall notify the Director, Occupational Safety and Health of any such employment. (2) Where the total power used or generated by machinery installed at any place of work does not exceed 750 kilowatts, the employer shall employ a competent person to be in general charge of the machinery. (3) A registered professional engineer employed under subsection (1)— (a) may be either on a full-time or part-time basis; (b) shall not act in such capacity at more than 3 places of work. (4) Any employer employing a registered professional engineer and the registered professional engineer shall, within 14 days of such employment, jointly inform the Permanent Secretary in writing of such employment, and furnish any document or relevant information as the Permanent Secretary may require. (5) The Permanent Secretary shall keep and maintain a register of registered professional engineers employed under this section. (6) Any employer or registered professional engineer who fails to comply with this section shall commit an offence.