Safety acts

Nigerian
Labour Act on working hours of 1974
The Act covers the number of hours of work and overtime
 Hazardous product Act  of 2004
This Act covers:
·        
Civil liability of any offender. He would be liable
to persons who have suffered injury as a result of his offending act.
·        
Punishment accordingly, of any conniving,
consenting or negligent officer where the offence is committed by a company.
·        
Punishment of life imprisonment for offenders as
well as the forfeiture of land or anything used to commit the offence.

Food and drugs Act of 1993
This act covers:
1.     
Prohibition of various misleading practices.
2.     
Manufacture, etc., of food, etc., under insanitary conditions.
3.     
Prohibition of sale of certain food, drugs, cosmetic and devices.
4.     
Prohibition of sale or advertisement of food, etc., as treatment,
etc., for certain diseases.
5.     
Prohibition of importation, exportation, distribution, etc., of
specified drugs.
6.     
Minister’s certificate for manufacture, etc., of drugs specified
in the Fourth or Fifth Schedule.
7.     
Declaration by manufacturer.
8.     
Designation of inspecting officers and analysts.
9.     
Power of Minister to obtain particulars in respect of certain
substances.
Building Act of 2007
            This Act covers:
1.     
Construction process by elementary classification
2.     
Environmental requirements
3.     
Professionals and their responsibilities
4.     
The building materials and their components
5.     
Construction
6.     
Post construction and technology requirements
7.     
Building topography
Factory
act on staff welfare of 2004
            The
act covers the following:
1.           
Firstaid
2.           
Exemption if ambulance
room is provided
3.           
Removal of dust or fumes
4.           
Meals in certain
dangerous places
5.           
Protective clothing and
appliances
6.           
Protection of eyes in
certain processes
7.           
Power to make regulations
for health, safety and welfare
8.           
Supply of drinking water
9.           
Washing facilities
10.       Accommodation for clothing
Nigerian Mineral and mining Act of 2007
            The Act covers the
following:
1.     
Possession and purchase of materials
2.     
Environmental considerations and rights of host
communities
3.     
Offences and penalties
4.     
Mining
prospecting, mining and quarrying
5.     
Small
scale mining
6.     
Miscellaneous provisions
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