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Document ID (ISN)67573
CIS number 96-1533
ISSN - Serial title Government Gazette - Staatskoerant
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Title Commencement of Sections 1 and 2 of the Integration of Labour Laws Act, 1994 (Act No.49 of 1994), with respect to certain laws; Regulations for the Integration of the Occupational Health and Safety Act [South Africa]
Original title Wet op integrering van Arbeidswette, 1994; Ragulasies ter integrering van die Wet op beroepsgesondheid en veiligheid [in Afrikaans]
Bibliographic information 28 Apr. 1995, Vol.358, No.5496, p.1-5.
Abstract Sections 1 and 2 of the Integration of Labour Laws Act, 1994, put into effect by Proclamation of the President of South Africa (No. R. 45), integrate the Machinery and Occupational Safety Acts of the former Republics of Transkei (1985), Venda (1987), and Ciskei (1984) and of the former Self-Governing Territories of Kwazulu (1985) and Qwaqwa (1992), as well as the Occupational Safety Act, 1984 of the former Republic of Bophuthatswana into effective laws of the Republic of South Africa in those areas where these former Republics and Territories used to exist. The Regulations (No. R.639), dated 28 Apr. 1995, enable Labour Inspectors of these former Republics and Territories to keep their functions and provide for continuity in the application of OSH laws on their territories.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; labour inspection; legislation; South Africa
Descriptors (secondary) law
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceSouth Africa
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Labour inspection