Hong Kong Ordinances

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE - SECT 6A

General duties of a proprietor

(1) It shall be the duty of every proprietor of an industrial  undertaking to
ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of
all persons employed by him at the industrial  undertaking.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of a proprietor's duty under
subsection (1), the matters to which that duty extends include in particular-

   (a)  the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are,
        so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;

   (b)  arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety
        and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling,
        storage and transport of articles and substances;

   (c)  the provision of such information, instruction, training and
        supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably
        practicable, the health and safety at work of all persons employed by
        him at the industrial undertaking;

   (d)  so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any part of the
        industrial undertaking under the proprietor's control, the maintenance
        of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the
        provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from it
        that are safe and without such risks; and

   (e)  the provision and maintenance of a working environment for all persons
        employed by him at the industrial undertaking that is, so far as is
        reasonably practicable, safe, and without risks to health.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a proprietor of an industrial  undertaking who
contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable to a fine of
$500000. (Amended 40 of 1997 s. 2)

(4) A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who contravenes this section
wilfully and without reasonable excuse commits an offence and is liable to a
fine of $500000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 40 of 1997 s. 2)
(Added 71 of 1989 s. 5. Amended 81 of 1993 s. 3)