Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (DEMOLITION WORKS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13

Offences and penalties

(Past version on 22/12/1997).
(Past version on 07/11/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) An authorized person who contravenes regulation 3(1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $25000. (L.N.
190 of 1974)

(2) A registered specialist contractor who contravenes regulation 3(2) shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of
$25000.

(3) A registered specialist contractor who contravenes regulation 6(a) or
regulation 8(2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(4) In the event of a contravention of regulation 4(1), 4A, 5, 6(b), 7, 8(1)
or (3), 9(1) or (3), 10, 11 or 12, the registered specialist contractor
appointed in respect of, and any person directly concerned with, the
demolition works shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (L.N. 358 of
1980) (L.N. 170 of 1979; L.N. 515 of 1997)