2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

“improvement order” means an order made under section 26;
(« ordre d’amélioration »)
“minister” means the member of the Executive Council charged by the
Lieutenant Governor in Council with the administration of this Act;
(« ministre »)
“occupational health nurse” means a practising registered nurse under
The Regulated Health Professions Act; (« infirmière hygiéniste »)
“occupational health service” means a service organized in or near a
workplace for the purposes of
(a) protecting workers against any health hazard that may arise out
of their work or the conditions under which it is carried on,
(b) ensuring the physical and mental adjustment of workers in their
employment and ensuring their assignment to jobs for which
they are suited, and

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(c) contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a high
degree of physical and mental well-being of the workers;
(« service d’hygiène »)
“owner”, in relation to any land or premises used or to be used as a
workplace, includes
(a) a trustee, receiver, mortgagee in possession, tenant, lessee,
licensee or occupier of the land or premises, and
(b) a person who acts for or on behalf of an owner as an agent or
delegate,
but does not include a person who occupies premises used as a private
residence, unless that person carries on a business, profession or trade
at that residence; (« propriétaire »)
“person” includes a partnership or an unincorporated association;
(« personne »)
“physician” means a duly qualified medical practitioner; (« médecin »)
“prime contractor” means the prime contractor for a construction
project referred to in section 7; (« entrepreneur principal »)