Hong Kong Ordinances

GAS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

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In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "appeal board"
(上訢委員會) means an appeal board appointed under section 18;
"Authority" (監督) means the Gas Authority appointed under section 5; "bulk
tank" (大型石油氣缸) means a receptacle-

   (a)  which has a water capacity of more than 450 litres; and

   (b)  used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas; "code of
        practice" (工作守則) includes-

   (a)  a standard;

   (b)  a specification; and

   (c)  any other documentary form of practical guidance; "Committee"
        (委員會) means the Gas Safety Advisory Committee established by
        section 4(1); "company" (公司) means a body corporate-

   (a)  incorporated under the Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32);

   (b)  incorporated by any other Ordinance; or

   (c)  incorporated or established outside Hong Kong; "container" (儲存器)
        means a bulk tank, mini-tank or cylinder; "contract of employment"
        (僱用合約) means a contract of employment or apprenticeship,
        whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in
        writing; "cylinder" (石油氣瓶) means a receptacle-

   (a)  which has a water capacity of not more than 150 litres; and

   (b)  used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas; "cylinder
        wagon" (石油氣瓶車) means a motor vehicle designed and
        constructed, or adapted, primarily for the conveyance of cylinders on
        roads; "decommission" (解除運作), in relation to a
        notifiable gas installation, means a procedure to take the
        installation out of service in a safe and orderly manner; (Added 22 of
        1996 s. 2) "disposable cylinder" (只用一次的石油氣瓶) means a
        cylinder which is not constructed or intended to be refilled with
        liquefied petroleum gas after once containing such gas, and includes
        an aerosol can; "domestic premises" (住宅房產) means any premises
        which are constructed or intended to be used for habitation;
        "employee" (僱員) means a person who works for another person under
        a contract of employment; "exercise" (行使), in relation to a
        function, includes perform and discharge; "function" (職能) includes
        a power and a duty; "gas" (氣體) means-

   (a)  town gas;

   (b)  liquefied petroleum gas;

   (c)  natural gas; or

   (d)  any mixture of such gases, whether in the form of a liquid or vapour;
        "gas appliance" (氣體用具) means an appliance which uses gas to
        provide lighting, heating or cooling, but does not include a boiler
        within the meaning of the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance (
        Cap 56); "gas fitting" (氣體配件) means a gas pipe, gas meter,
        gas appliance, gas valve or pressure-regulator which is supplied, or
        to be supplied, gas through a service pipe, and includes a
        service riser; "gas main" (供氣主喉) means a pipe, other than a
        service pipe or installation  pipe, used, or to be used, to supply
        gas; "gas meter" (氣體錶) means a primary meter or secondary meter;
        "gas pipe" (氣體喉管) means-

   (a)  an installation pipe;

   (b)  a service pipe; or

   (c)  a gas main; "gas vehicle" (氣體車輛) means a road tanker or
        cylinder wagon; "gasholder" (儲氣鼓) means a receptacle-

   (a)  used, or to be used, for the storage of town gas or natural  gas; and

   (b)  which has a storage capacity of more than 140 standard cubic  metres
        of town gas or natural gas, but does not include any such receptacle
        which is a gas main; "improvement notice" (敦促改善通知書)
        means a notice under section 13(1); "in bulk" (大量), in relation to
        liquefied petroleum gas, means the containment of any amount of such
        gas in a vessel which has a water capacity of more than 150 litres;
        "inspector" (氣體安全督察) means a public officer appointed
        under section 11 (1) to be a gas safety inspector; "installation pipe"
        (用戶喉) means a pipe used, or to be used, to supply gas to a
        particular consumer, and includes any gas fitting used in connection
        with the pipe except-

   (a)  a service pipe, other than a service pipe comprised in a
        primary meter installation; or

   (b)  a pipe comprised in a gas appliance; "issue" (發出、發給), in
        relation to any document, includes grant; "kPa" means kilopascals;
        "liquefied petroleum gas" (石油氣) means any gas which is a mixture
        of-

   (a)  hydrocarbons primarily consisting of butanes, butylenes, propane or
        propylene; or

   (b)  all or any of the hydrocarbons referred to in paragraph (a);
        "manufacture" (生產), in relation to gas, means-

   (a)  the production of-

        (i)    town gas;

        (ii)   substitute natural gas; or

        (iii)  synthetic natural gas; or

   (b)  the transfer of liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form from one
        container (except a disposable cylinder) to another container, but
        does not include the transfer of such gas in such form from a ship or
        road  tanker into a tank or road tanker; "meter bypass" (繞錶喉)
        means a pipe through which gas can be supplied from a service pipe to
        an installation pipe without passing through a gas meter, and includes
        any gas fitting used in connection with the pipe; "mini-tank"
        (小型石油氣缸) means a receptacle-

   (a)  with a water capacity of more than 150 litres but not more than 450
        litres; and

   (b)  used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas; "motor
        vehicle" (汽車) means a motor vehicle within the meaning of the
        Road  Traffic Ordinance ( Cap 374); "natural gas" (天然氣) means
        any gas which is primarily methane obtained from natural strata, and
        includes-

   (a)  substitute natural gas; and

   (b)  synthetic natural gas; "non-domestic premises" (非住宅房產) means
        any premises other than domestic  premises; "notifiable gas
        installation" (應具報氣體裝置) means a gas installation which
        is, or consists of, or uses-

   (a)  terminals for the importation of-

        (i)    liquefied petroleum gas; or

        (ii)   natural gas in liquid form;

   (b)  works for the manufacture of town gas, substitute natural gas or
        synthetic natural gas;

   (c)  gasholders, including the pressure-raising and control equipment used
        in connection therewith;

   (d)  high pressure gas mains or service pipes;

   (e)  pressure-regulating installations which are supplied with gas from an
        intermediate or high pressure gas main or service pipe, but does not
        include such an installation the volumetric capacity of which is less
        than 30 standard cubic metres per hour;

   (f)  stores containing liquefied petroleum gas, including, where such gas
        is supplied to consumers by way of pipes from such a store, any outlet
        pipework, vaporisers and pressure-regulating installations used in
        connection therewith; or

   (g)  any process which involves the transfer of liquefied petroleum  gas in
        liquid form from one container (other than a disposable cylinder) to
        another container, but does not include the transfer of such gas in
        such form from a ship or road tanker into a tank or road tanker;
        (Added 22 of 1996 s. 2) "occupier" (佔用人)-

   (a)  in relation to any place, means any person carrying on an occupation
        full-time in the place;

   (b)  in relation to any domestic premises, means any person resident in
        such premises; and

   (c)  in relation to any non-domestic premises, means any person carrying on
        an occupation full-time in such premises; "officer" (高級人員), in
        relation to a company, means an officer within the meaning of
        section 2(1) of the Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32); "order" (命令)
        means an order under section 19(4); "owner" (車主), in relation to a
        gas vehicle, means the owner within the meaning of the
        Road Traffic Ordinance ( Cap 374) of such vehicle; "panel" (委員團)
        means the appeal board panel appointed under section 17(1); "personal
        injury" (身體受傷) includes death; "premises" (房產) means-

   (a)  any building where no part of the building is separately occupied, and
        includes any land appertaining to the building; and

   (b)  in any other case, any part of a building which is separately
        occupied, and includes any land appertaining to such part;
        "pressure-regulator" (調壓器) means a device which automatically
        controls the pressure of gas in a gas pipe downstream of the device;
        "primary meter" (主錶) means a meter connected to a service pipe for
        ascertaining the quantity of gas supplied through such pipe, but does
        not include a secondary meter; "primary meter installation"
        (主錶裝置) means a primary meter and the gas  fittings used in
        connection with it, and includes any meter bypass, installed between
        the outlet of any service valve or, where there is no such valve, the
        outlet of the service pipe, and-

   (a)  the outlet connection of the meter; or

   (b)  the outlet of the common connection of the meter and any meter  bypass
        or any other primary meter, as the case may be; "registered person"
        (註冊人) means a person registered under this Ordinance;
        "requirement" (規定) includes a prohibition; "responsible person"
        (負責人), in relation to any place or premises, means the occupier
        of the place or premises or, where there is no occupier or the
        occupier is away, the owner of the place or premises or the person for
        the time being in charge of the place or premises; "road" (道路)
        means a road within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (
        Cap 374); "road tanker" (缸車) means a motor vehicle designed and
        constructed, or adapted, primarily for the conveyance of
        liquefied petroleum gas in bulk on roads; "secondary meter" (分錶)
        means, where any gas is supplied to a person through a primary meter,
        a meter for ascertaining the quantity of such gas then supplied by
        that person to another person; "Secretary" means the Secretary for
        Economic Services; "service pipe" (供氣分喉) means a pipe used, or
        to be used, to supply gas from-

   (a)  a gas main; or

   (b)  a store containing liquefied petroleum gas, to not more than one
        building, and includes-

        (i)    any gas meter control valve; and

        (ii)   any service valve, to which the pipe is connected; "service
               riser" (上給供氣分喉) means the vertical sections of a
               service pipe used, or capable of being used, to supply gas to
               more than one floor of a building, and includes any horizontal
               sections of the service pipe between such vertical sections;
               "service valve" (供氣分喉閥) means a valve-

   (a)  incorporated in a service pipe;

   (b)  for controlling the supply of gas through such pipe; and

   (c)  not situated inside any premises; "standard cubic metre"
        (標準立方米), in relation to any gas, means a cubic metre of such
        gas when measured-

   (a)  at a temperature of 15 degree celsius.

   (b)  at 101.325 kPa absolute pressure; and

   (c)  under dry conditions; "store" (儲存、倉庫)-

   (a)  when used as a verb, means the containing of-

        (i)    town gas or natural gas in a gasholder; or

        (ii)   liquefied petroleum gas in- (A) a container which has a
               facility for withdrawing such gas in liquid form where such gas
               is, or is to be, supplied to consumers by way of gas pipes from
               such container; or (B) any containers (including a single
               container) situated in the one place (including part of any
               premises) where the aggregated nominal water capacity of the
               containers is more than 130 litres, and "storage" shall be
               construed accordingly; and

   (b)  when used as a noun, means any place (including part of any premises)
        where there is or are kept-

        (i)    a gasholder which contains or has contained town gas or
               natural  gas;

        (ii)   a container which- (A) contains or has contained
               liquefied petroleum gas; and (B) has a facility for withdrawing
               such gas in liquid form where such gas is, or is to be,
               supplied to consumers by way of gas pipes from such a
               container; or

        (iii)  any containers (including a single container)- (A) which
               contain or have contained liquefied petroleum gas;and (B) the
               aggregated nominal water capacity of which is more than 130
               litres; "substance" (物品) means a natural or artificial
               substance, whether in the form of a solid, liquid or vapour;
               "substitute natural gas" (代用天然氣) means any gas which
               is a mixture of liquefied petroleum gas and air such that the
               ratio of such gas to air in such mixture is more than 1 to 9;
               "supply" (供應), in relation to gas, means the supply of any
               gas through gas  pipes or in containers, whether by sale or
               otherwise, to consumers of such gas, but does not include the
               supply of liquefied petroleum gas in disposable cylinders;
               "synthetic natural gas" (合成天然氣) means any gas which
               is primarily methane not obtained from natural strata; "tank"
               (石油氣缸) means a bulk tank or mini-tank; "town gas"
               (煤氣) means any gas which is primarily a mixture of hydrogen
               and methane; "transport" (運送), in relation to
               liquefied petroleum gas, means the conveyance of such gas by a
               gas vehicle; "vehicle" (車輛) means a vehicle within the
               meaning of the Road Traffic  Ordinance ( Cap 374); "works"
               (工程) means construction works, that is to say, any kind of
               work involving or in connection with-

   (a)  building works within the meaning assigned to that term in
        section 2(1) of the Buildings Ordinance ( Cap 123), and for the
        purposes of this paragraph reference in that section to "ground
        investigation in the scheduled areas" shall be read as a reference to
        "ground investigation";

   (b)  the laying out, construction, alteration or repair of any road,
        footpath, tunnel, airport runway, canal, reservoir, pipe-line, railway
        or tramway;

   (c)  trench works carried out by or for any public utility;

   (d)  the extraction of material from land or the seabed;

   (e)  landfill works;

   (f)  river training works; or

   (g)  reclamation works. (Added 3 of 1996 s. 2) (Enacted 1990) "appeal
        board" (上訢委員會) "Authority" (監督) "bulk tank"
        (大型石油氣缸) "code of practice" (工作守則) "Committee"
        (委員會) "company" (公司) "container" (儲存器) "contract of
        employment" (僱用合約) "cylinder" (石油氣瓶) "cylinder wagon"
        (石油氣瓶車) "decommission" (解除運作) "disposable cylinder"
        (只用一次的石油氣瓶) "domestic premises" (住宅房產)
        "employee" (僱員) "exercise" (行使) "function" (職能) "gas"
        (氣體) "gas appliance" (氣體用具) "gas fitting" (氣體配件)
        "gas main" (供氣主喉) "gas meter" (氣體錶) "gas pipe"
        (氣體喉管) "gas vehicle" (氣體車輛) "gasholder" (儲氣鼓)
        "improvement notice" (敦促改善通知書) "in bulk" (大量)
        "inspector" (氣體安全督察) "installation pipe" (用戶喉)
        "issue" (發出、發給) "liquefied petroleum gas" (石油氣)
        "manufacture" (生產) "meter bypass" (繞錶喉) "mini-tank"
        (小型石油氣缸) "motor vehicle" (汽車) "natural gas"
        (天然氣) "non-domestic premises" (非住宅房產) "notifiable gas
        installation" (應具報氣體裝置) "occupier" (佔用人) "officer"
        (高級人員) "order" (命令) "owner" (車主) "panel" (委員團)
        "personal injury" (身體受傷) "premises" (房產)
        "pressure-regulator" (調壓器) "primary meter" (主錶) "primary
        meter installation" (主錶裝置) "registered person" (註冊人)
        "requirement" (規定) "responsible person" (負責人) "road"
        (道路) "road tanker" (缸車) "secondary meter" (分錶) "Secretary"
        "service pipe" (供氣分喉) "service riser" (上給供氣分喉)
        "service valve" (供氣分喉閥) "standard cubic metre"
        (標準立方米) "store" (儲存、倉庫) "substance" (物品)
        "substitute natural gas" (代用天然氣) "supply" (供應)
        "synthetic natural gas" (合成天然氣) "tank" (石油氣缸) "town
        gas" (煤氣) "transport" (運送) "vehicle" (車輛) "works" (工程)
        "ground investigation in the scheduled areas" "ground investigation"