Hong Kong Regulations

AERIAL ROPEWAYS (OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 43

Owner to cause regulations to be complied with

(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall cause every requirement or obligation
imposed upon-

   (a)  a competent person by or under each of the regulations set out in
        regulation 39; and

   (b)  a controller by or under each of the regulations set out in regulation
        40, to be complied with.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any owner of an aerial ropeway who contravenes
paragraph (1) commits an offence (whether or not any other person is also
convicted of the offence) and is liable-

   (a)  where the contravention relates to any of the regulations set out in
        regulation 39, to the penalty set out in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th columns
        of Part IV of the Third Schedule opposite the reference to that
        regulation in the 1st column thereof; and

   (b)  where the contravention relates to any of the regulations set out in
        regulation 40, to the penalty set out in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th columns
        of Part V of the Third Schedule opposite the reference to that
        regulation in the 1st column thereof.

(3) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall not be convicted of an offence under
paragraph (2) if he satisfies the court that he took all such precautions to
prevent the non-compliance as the court considers reasonable in the
circumstances.