Hong Kong Regulations

AERIAL ROPEWAYS (OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 23A

Examination of track rope by competent person

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the competent person in charge of
an aerial ropeway that has a track rope shall examine the rope—

   (a)  visually at least once every 3 months; and

   (b)  with a defectograph at least once every 6 months, but the examination
        shall not be carried out on a day on which a surveyor carries out a
        visual examination or takes defectograph readings in respect of the
        rope under regulation 20.

(2) The Director may require a visual examination under paragraph

(1) to be carried out at any time if he considers that such an examination is
necessary due to the condition of the aerial ropeway or any part of the aerial
ropeway.

(3) Where a track rope of an aerial ropeway has been subjected to—

   (a)  derailment; or

   (b)  any occurrence which may have damaged the rope, the competent person
        in charge of the aerial ropeway shall, as soon as reasonably possible
        after the derailment or occurrence, examine the rope both visually and
        by means of a defectograph.

(4) Without affecting paragraph (3), the competent person in charge of an
aerial ropeway that has a track rope shall examine the rope with a
defectograph—

   (a)  after the rope is shifted; and

   (b)  at such other times or in such other circumstances as the Director may
        require.

(5) Where the competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway—

   (a)  takes defectograph readings under paragraph (4)(a), he shall send a
        full copy of the readings to the Director within 3 days after taking
        them;

   (b)  takes defectograph readings under paragraph (3)(b) or (4)(b), and the
        readings show, in relation to any section of the rope, a change from
        the last readings for that section, he shall send a full copy of the
        new readings to the Director within 3 days after taking them, together
        with a full copy of the last readings.

(6) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that a report of every
examination required to be carried out under this regulation, other than an
examination required to be carried out under paragraph (3)(b) or

(4), prepared by the competent person carrying out the examination, is sent to
the Director as soon as reasonably possible after the examination is
completed. (L.N. 122 of 2003)