Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 77

Application for licence to manufacture or store liquefied gases in bulk

Manufacture or storage of permanent and liquefied gases in bulk (L.N. 88 of
1991)

(1) Every application, pursuant to any of the provisions of section 6 of the
Ordinance, for any licence to manufacture or store in bulk any permanent gas
or liquefied gas shall be made in writing addressed to the Authority and shall
be accompanied by 2 copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale, of the
place or area to be occupied by the installation including, if applicable,
accommodation for office or other administrative purposes required in respect
of such manufacture or storage, and every such plan shall include, so far as
may be applicable, the following particulars- (L.N. 88 of 1991)

   (a)  the siting of every tank, pipeline or other structure to be erected at
        such place or within such area;

   (b)  the plan of every such tank, pipeline or other structure and the use
        to which it will be put;

   (c)  the distance between any such tank, pipeline or structure and any
        other tank, pipeline or structure or any domestic or other premises or
        any public place;

   (d)  the capacity of every such tank;

   (da) the routing of and method of fixing any pipeline which is to be
        installed for the purpose of distributing gas from any such tank to
        any part of the premises in which the tank is situated, and the
        material of which it is to be constructed; and (L.N. 266 of 1980)

   (e)  such other particulars, if any, as the Authority may require to be
        shown on the plan.

(2) Every plan submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph

(1) shall be accompanied by-

   (a)  a statement in writing declaring the type of gas or gases which it is
        intended to manufacture or store; and

   (b)  2 copies of the design and specifications to which it is intended
        that-

        (i)    any tankage,

        (ii)   any liquid gas vaporiser,

        (iii)  any other ancillary container of permanent gas or liquid gas,
               and (L.N. 88 of 1991)

        (iv)   any pipeline or other ancillary equipment, is to be
               constructed.

(3) Every plan and every set of designs and specifications, or any
modification thereof which is approved by the Authority shall be endorsed to
that effect and one copy shall be returned to the applicant and one copy
retained by the Authority.