Hong Kong Regulations

AERIAL ROPEWAYS (OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"carrying-hauling rope" (運載拖纜)

"competent person" (合資格的人)

"controller" (控制員)

"defectograph" (鋼纜探傷儀)

"hauling rope" (牽引纜)

"operator" (操作員)

"station" (車站)

"surveyor" (檢測員)

"track rope" (導軌纜)

"work car" (工作車) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires-

"carrying-hauling rope" (運載拖纜) means a rope that is powered by a drive
system and is designed, manufactured or used to perform both the functions of
a hauling rope and a track rope; (L.N. 122 of 2003)

"competent person" (合資格的人), in relation to any duty required to be
performed by him under these regulations, means a person who-

   (a)  is employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway as a competent  person
        pursuant to regulation 8(1); and

   (b)  has been approved under regulation 5;

"controller" (控制員), in relation to any duty required to be performed by
him under these regulations, means a person who-

   (a)  is employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway as a controller pursuant
        to regulation 8(1); and

   (b)  has been approved under regulation 5;

"defectograph" (鋼纜探傷儀) means any apparatus for the detection of
broken wires in a rope;

"hauling rope" (牽引纜) means a rope that is powered by a drive system and
is designed, manufactured or used solely for hauling carriers on an aerial
ropeway; (L.N. 122 of 2003)

"operator" (操作員), in relation to any duty required to be performed by
him under these regulations, means a person who-

   (a)  is employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway as an operator pursuant
        to regulation 8(1); and

   (b)  has been approved under regulation 5;

"station" (車站) means any terminal station or intermediate station;

"surveyor" (檢測員), in relation to the carrying out of any test or
examination required to be performed by him under these regulations, means a
person who-

   (a)  not being employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway, is appointed by
        the owner to carry out any test or examination; and

   (b)  has been approved under regulation 5(1);

"track rope" (導軌纜) means a rope that is designed, manufactured or used
solely for supporting carriers on an aerial ropeway; (L.N. 122 of 2003)

"work car" (工作車) means a car which is used, or adapted for use, along
the line for the repair or maintenance of an aerial ropeway or its equipment.
(L.N. 240 of 1981)