| (Cap 59, section 7) [Regulations 4 to 13］ 1 December 1986 L.N. 280 of 1986 Regulations 2, 3 and 14 to 22 ［ 1 December 1987 L.N. 347 of 1987] (L.N. 256 of 1986) Cap 59Z reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Officers and Safety Supervisors) Regulations. (Enacted 1986) Cap 59Z reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "construction site" (建筑地盘) means a place where construction work is undertaken and also any area in the immediate vicinity of any such place which is used for the storage of materials or plant used or intended to be used for the purpose of the construction work; "safety officer" (安全主任) means a person employed as a safety officer in an industrial undertaking under these regulations; and "safety supervisor" (安全督导员) means a person employed as a safety supervisor in an industrial undertaking under these regulations; "ship" (船舶) means any description of vessel used in navigation; (L.N. 352 of 1994) "shipyard" (船厂) means any yard or dry dock (including the precincts thereof) in which ships or vessels, except ships or vessels afloat, are constructed, reconstructed, maintained, repaired, refitted, finished or broken up; (L.N. 352 of 1994) "vessel" (船只) means any ship, boat, junk or any other description of vessel used in navigation and includes any floating dock, floating workshop or floating restaurant. (L.N. 352 of 1994) (Enacted 1986) Cap 59Z reg 3 Application These regulations apply to any industrial undertaking named in the First Schedule. (Enacted 1986) Cap 59Z reg 4 Safety Officer Advisory Committee PART II SAFETY OFFICER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS SAFETY OFFICERS (1) There shall be a Safety Officer Advisory Committee (in this regulation referred to as "the committee") to advise the Commissioner for Labour on such matters as he may from time to time refer to the committee for the purposes of these regulations, including- (a) the qualifications for registration of persons as safety officers referred to in regulation 5; and (b) the registration of persons as safety officers under regulation 7.(2) The committee shall consist of such number of persons as the Commissioner for Labour may appoint to be members thereof and each member shall hold office for such period as the Commissioner for Labour may in his discretion determine. (3) A member of the committee may resign at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Commissioner for Labour. (4) The committee shall meet as often as may be necessary for the consideration of matters referred to the committee under this regulation or as the Commissioner for Labour may, by notice in writing to each member, direct. (5) The procedure of the committee shall be such as the Commissioner for Labour may determine. (Enacted 1986) Cap 59Z reg 5 Qualifications for registration as safety officer (1) A person who holds a scheduled qualifications specified in the first column of the Second Schedule is qualified to be registered as a safety officer for the purposes of employment at the class of industrial undertaking indicated opposite thereto in the second column of the Second Schedule. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) and the Second Schedule, "scheduled qualification" (附表所列资格) means any of the qualifications set out in the Third Schedule. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and the Second Schedule, a person who satisfies the Commissioner for Labour that- (a) immediately before these regulations become applicable to a class of industrial undertaking, he was employed as a full time safety officer in that class of industrial undertaking; and (L.N. 100 of 2002) (b) by reason of his education, training, professional experience and skill in industrial safety he is a fit and proper person to be registered as a safety officer,shall be deemed to be qualified to be registered as a safety officer for the purposes of employment in that class of industrial undertaking. (L.N. 100 of 2002) (Enacted 1986) Cap 59Z reg 6 Register of safety officers PART III REGISTER AND REGISTRATION OF SAFETY OFFICERS AND APPEALS (1) The Commissioner shall establish and maintain a register in which he shall cause to be kept particulars of the names and addresses of all persons registered as safety officers under these regulations and such other matters, if any, as he thinks fit. (2) The register shall be available for inspection by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Commissioner may direct, during the hours when those offices are open to the public. (3) The Commissioner shall enter in the register- (a) any amendment as he may consider necessary for the purposes of preserving the accuracy of the register in respect of the address or any other particulars relating to a person whose name appears therein; and (b) where he suspends the registration of a person whose name appears therein under regulation 10, the period of time that registration is suspended.(4) The Commissioner shall remove from the register the name of a person- |
