Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 78C

Alterations to and maintenance of distribution pipelines

(1) After the grant or renewal of any licence for the storage of gas-

   (a)  no alteration or addition to any distribution pipeline leading from
        the store shall, except with the permission in writing of the
        Authority, be made which results in a deviation in any material
        particular from the plan of such pipeline as is, for the time being,
        approved by the Authority;

   (b)  every distribution pipeline leading from the store shall be maintained
        at all times in good order and condition to the satisfaction of the
        Authority.

(2) The Authority may refuse to grant his permission for the making of an
alteration or addition specified in paragraph (1)(a) until he has received and
approved a plan of the same.

(3) The licensee of any store in respect of which any of the provisions of
paragraph (1) is contravened shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine of $8000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation "Authority" (主管當局) means the
Authority by whom the licence was granted or renewed.

(5) This regulation is in addition to, and not in derogation of regulation
178. (L.N. 266 of 1980)

"Authority" (主管當局)