This division is also responsible for disseminating information on OHS and participates in the drawing up of Botswana National Health and Safety Standards.30
In Botswana, the regulation of OHS is scattered over a number of acts of Parliament and is under the custody of many government ministries. Legislation includes the Factories Act (under the Ministry of Labor and Social Security); the Food Control Act, Public Health Act, and Control of Smoking Act (under the Ministry of Health); Agrochemicals Act (under the Ministry of Agriculture); the Mines, Quarries Works, and Machinery Act (Ministry of Minerals, Energy, and Water Resources); the Atmospheric Pollution (Prevention) Act and Waste Management Act (Ministry of Environment, Wildlife, and Tourism); and the Radiation Protection Act (Ministry of Communication, Science, and Technology).31