The Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia has by Gazette Notification P.U.(B) 128/2024 determined that the Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 (“Amendment Act”) will come into operation on 1 June 2024.
 
The following subsidiary legislation, gazetted on 2 April 2024, will also come into operation on the date when the Amendment Act comes into operation: 

• Occupational Safety and Health (Plant Requiring Certificate of Fitness) Regulations 2024 [P.U.(A) 99/2024]; and 


• Occupational Safety and Health (Licensed Person) Order 2024 [P.U.(A) 100/2024]. 

The Factories and Machinery Act 1967 will be repealed by the Factories and Machinery (Repeal) Act 2022, and the relevant requirements subsumed into the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 when the Amendment Act comes into effect.
 
The amendments under the Amendment Act are far reaching and will extend the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 to all places of work in Malaysia.
 
Our article highlighting the salient changes that will be introduced under the Amendment Act (when it was in the form of a Parliamentary Bill) can be read here.
 
Alert by Shannon Rajan (Partner) and Tatvaruban Subramanian (Partner) of the Occupational Safety and Health Practice of Skrine.