Hong Kong Regulations

AERIAL ROPEWAYS (OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 21

Prohibition on the use of certain ropes

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that no rope
shall be used in the operation of the ropeway-

   (a)  the diameter of which when first installed is reduced by 10 per cent;
        or

   (b)  in which the number of broken wires in any length equal to 30 times
        the diameter of the rope exceeds 10 per cent of the total number of
        wires.