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Section 33

Director General may direct inquiry to be held

of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994

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Section 33
(1)

If in the opinion of the Director General, an inquiry ought to be held into the nature and cause of the accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning or occupational disease, he may cause such an inquiry to be held by an occupational safety and health officer.

(2)

The Director General may appoint one or more persons of engineering, medical or other appropriate skills or expertise to serve as assessors in any such inquiry.

(2A)

The assessors appointed under subsection (2) shall have, for the purposes of the inquiry, the power to enter and inspect any premises, the entry or inspection of which is requisite for the purposes of the inquiry.

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(3)

Every person not being a public officer serving as an assessor in the inquiry may be paid an allowance at such rate or rates as the

Minister may determine.