FIJI ISLANDS

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003
ACT NO. 14 OF 2003

I assent

J.I. ULUIVUDA
President

[18 September, 2003]
AN ACT
TO AMEND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1996

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands-

Short title (and commencement) 

1. This Act may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Act 2003 and comes into force on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

Section 30 amended

2. Section 30 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1996 is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection-

"(1) There shall be established in the Ministry responsible for Labour and Industrial Relations, a trust account called the Occupational Health and Safety Education and Accident Prevention Fund.".

Section 38 amended

3. Section 38(3) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1996 is amended in paragraph (a) by deleting two thirds and substituting half.

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Passed by the House of Representatives this 14th day of August, 2003

Passed by the Senate this 12th day of September, 2003