Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

Regulations

Major Hazard Installation Regulations, 2022

20. MHI Advisory Committee

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(1) The chief inspector may, with the approval of the Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety, establish an MHI Advisory Committee to advise on any matter related to major hazard installations, codes, standards and training requirements: Provided that any accredited or approved training must be in accordance with South African Qualifications Authority standards.

 

(2) The chief inspector shall appoint members of the MHI Advisory Committee for a period that he may determine at the time of appointment: Provided that the members are approved by the Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety.

 

(3) Any person affected by the decision of the MHI Advisory Committee may appeal to the chief inspector within 60 days of such decision becoming known and the chief inspector shall, after considering the grounds of the appeal and the MHI Advisory Committee's reasons for the decision, confirm or set aside or vary the decision or substitute such decision for any other decision which the MHI Advisory Committee in the chief inspector's opinion ought to have taken.

 

(4) Any person aggrieved by the decision taken by the chief inspector under subregulation (3) may, within 60 days after the chief inspector's decision, appeal against such decision to the Labour Court.