Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSUMER GOODS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 4

The general safety requirement

PART II

CONSUMER GOODS SAFETY AND STANDARDS

(1) The general safety requirement for consumer goods is that the
consumer goods are reasonably safe having regard to all of the circumstances,
including-

   (a)  the manner in which, and the purpose for which, the consumer  goods
        are presented, promoted or marketed;

   (b)  the use of any mark in relation to the consumer goods and instructions
        or warnings given for the keeping, use or consumption of the
        consumer goods;

   (c)  reasonable safety standards published by a standards institute or
        similar body for consumer goods of the description which applies to
        the consumer goods or for matters relating to consumer goods of that
        description; and

   (d)  the existence of any reasonable means (taking into account the cost,
        likelihood and extent of any improvement) to make the consumer goods
        safer.

(2) Where an approved standard applies to consumer goods, the consumer goods
shall be taken as complying with the general safety  requirement if they
comply with the approved standard. (Enacted 1994)