Cap. 646 Art. 13Duties of the HSRO.

(1) The HSRO shall have the following duties:

(a) receive a report made by other officials, workers or any person of any information or other matter which may give rise to information or suspicion of a breach of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;

(b) conduct investigations necessary to determine whether the information or matter referred to in paragraph (a), warrants a report to be made to the employer;

(c) provide a report in writing to the employer when the HSRO considers there to be a breach of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, which shall also include recommendations for the rectification thereof; and

(d) provide a report in writing to the Authority where the HSRO determines that following a report made by him to the employer in accordance with paragraph (c), the employer did not reasonably implement the recommendations made therein or did not seek to comply with the provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, within a reasonable time.

(2) Where following the consideration of a report in accordance with sub-article (1)(d) the HSRO determines that no reporting to the Authority is necessary, the HSRO shall record the reasons for such determination in writing and, upon request, shall make it available to the Authority. A register to this effect shall be kept by the HSRO.

(3) The employer shall at all times be kept fully informed of any communication, exchanges or discussions between the HSRO and the Authority and shall be entitled to participate at any stage thereof.