Section 85
Hospital maintained by employers
(1)
The Commissioner may at any time having regard to the situation of any place of employment and the number of workmen employed and resident thereon, by order in writing, require any employer —
(a)
to construct within a reasonable time to be stated in such order, and thereafter to maintain at his own expense, a hospital on or in the immediate neighbourhood of any place of employment upon
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which workmen are employed by him with accommodation, for such number of patients as may be stated in such order; or
(b)
if there is already a hospital maintained by such employer, to enlarge or add to such hospital so as to provide accommodation for a further number of patients as stated in the order, and may further require him to employ a medical practitioner to reside at and have charge of such hospital or any hospital maintained by such employer and to provide such medical practitioner with fit and proper house accommodation to the satisfaction of the Commissioner.
(2)
If two or more such places of employment are so situated that the required accommodation for patients from such places of employment can be conveniently provided in one hospital, the Commissioner may —
(a)
instead of ordering each employer to construct and maintain a separate hospital, order all the employers concerned to construct within a reasonable time to be stated in such order, and thereafter to maintain at their own expense one hospital, in this section referred to as a group hospital, for all such places of employment with accommodation for such number of patients as may be stated in the order; or
(b)
if there is already a hospital erected and maintained jointly by two or more employers (whether constructed in pursuance of the provisions of this section or not), order them to enlarge or add to such hospital so as to provide accommodation for such further number of patients in their employment as may be stated in the order, and may further require such employers to employ a medical practitioner to take charge of such group hospital and to provide such medical practitioner with fit and proper house accommodation to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner.
(3)
Every employer referred to in subsection (3) shall be responsible for the due maintenance of the group hospital as the case may be and for the provision of the staff, equipment, diet and medicines and for the observance of any regulations made under this Act for the inspection and management of the hospital and the furnishing of any returns required as if the hospital were provided and maintained solely by him.
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Approval of place of employment and prohibition of employment of workmen where arrangements are inadequate 86.
(1)
Every person intending to —
(a)
employ resident workmen at a place of employment where workmen have not hitherto been employed or have not been employed within the preceding 12 months; or
(b)
increase the number of workmen already employed on a place of employment so that the existing arrangement would not conform to any prescribed requirements and standards of health and hygiene, shall give notice in writing of such intention to the Commissioner.
(2)
If the Commissioner at any time has reason to believe that —
(a)
the arrangements made for the residence and employment of workmen on any place of employment where it is intended that workmen shall live or be employed or where workmen are living or employed are, from any cause, inadequate for the residence and employment of such workmen or of additional workmen; or
(b)
that the health or condition of workmen living or employed on any place of employment is from any cause unsatisfactory, he may by order served on the employer prohibit the residence or employment, or both, of workmen or of additional workmen on such place and it shall thereupon be unlawful for any person to employ or permit to reside on such place any workmen or dependants, or any workmen or dependants other than those who were residing or employed thereon before the issue of such order, as the case may be.
(3)
The Commissioner may, upon being satisfied that —
(a)
adequate arrangements have been made for the residence and employment of the workmen or of additional workmen on such place of employment; or
(b)
that the health and condition of the workmen living or employed thereon have become satisfactory,
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rescind the order made under subsection (2), and thereupon it shall be lawful for the employer to employ workmen or additional workmen as the case may be on such place of employment.