Section 61 — Workplace Safety and Health Act

(1)

This Act does not apply to such persons at work as are specified in Schedule 6, notwithstanding that their work is carried out or performed in a workplace.

(2)

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by order published in the Gazette, exempt —

(a)

any class or description of workplace from all or any of the provisions of this Act;

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(b)

any class or description of person from compliance with all or any of the provisions of this Act; and

(c)

any class or description of machinery, equipment, plant, installation or articles from all or any of the provisions of this Act.

(3)

The Authority may, subject to any direction of the Minister, by a certificate in writing exempt —

(a)

any machinery, equipment, plant, installation or article that is identified specifically in the certificate from all or any of the provisions of this Act; or

(b)

any person identified specifically in the certificate from compliance with all or any of the provisions of this Act.