Singapore - GHS Status

Focal points:

Ministry of Manpower (MOM): Workplace Safety and Health Advisory Committee (WSHAC) Ministry of Transport (MOT)

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)

Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI): Standards Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING)

Main relevant legislation:

Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and related Regulations Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 and subsidiary legislation

Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives Regulations, 2007 Singapore Standard SS 586 (Parts 1, 2 and 3)

GHS implementation status

Transport of dangerous goods

Implemented

For international transport of dangerous goods see “Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines”

Transport of Dangerous Goods national legislation is based on the 17^th revised edition of the UN Model Regulations (Singapore National Standard SS586:2014: Transport and storage of dangerous goods” Applies to the transportation and storage of dangerous goods by road in Singapore).

Other sectors

Workplace (manufacturers and suppliers) and users

Implemented

A multi-agency public-private GHS implementation taskforce was established in 2005 to oversee and coordinate the implementation of the GHS in Singapore. The task force ended its mandate in March 2017 and a new National Chemical Management and GHS taskforce was established by industry.

The Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 and related regulations (the “Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations)” include in Part IV the obligation to inform workers about the hazards of all hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The definition of hazardous substance as well as the appropriate hazard communication elements (labels and SDSs) are defined in national standards.

National standards were published in 2008 to provide guidance on the classification and labelling of hazardous chemicals in accordance with GHS criteria (GHS Rev.2). The 2008 edition of Singapore Standard (SS) 586 was the result of the revision of two earlier standards (SS 286: 1984 on “Caution Labelling for Hazardous Substances” (5 parts) and CP 98: 2003 on “Preparation and Use of Material Safety Data Sheets” (MSDS)).

SS 586 was revised in 2014 in accordance with GHS Rev.4. The standard comprises three parts:

• SS586 - 1: 2014 “Transport and storage of dangerous goods” (adopts the 17^th revised edition of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and provides standard hazard communication labels. Applies to the transportation and storage of dangerous goods by road in Singapore)

- SS586 - 2: 2014 “Globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals- Singapore’s adaptations” (e.g. different cut-off values)

• SS586-3:2008 (2014) "Specification for hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods - Preparation of safety data sheets (SDS)"