Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (ASBESTOS) (ADMINISTRATION) REGULATION - SECT 7

Application for registration

(1) The information given in an application for registration as an asbestos
consultant, asbestos contractor, asbestos laboratory or asbestos supervisor
shall include the following particulars, supported by copies of documentary
proof-

   (a)  identity, business and company registration certificates;

   (b)  academic and professional qualifications;

   (c)  training and experience in asbestos abatement work; and

   (d)  in the case of an application for registration as-

        (i)    a registered asbestos consultant or registered asbestos
               laboratory, disclosure of any direct or indirect pecuniary
               interest in any person who is, or who has made an application
               for registration as, a registered asbestos contractor or
               registered asbestos supervisor;

        (ii)   a registered asbestos contractor or registered asbestos
               supervisor, disclosure of any direct or indirect pecuniary
               interest in any person who is, or who has made an application
               for registration as, a registered asbestos consultant or
               registered asbestos laboratory;

        (iii)  a registered asbestos contractor, and without prejudice to the
               operation of subparagraph (ii) in relation to the contractor,
               the identity of any registered asbestos supervisor under his or
               its employment; and

        (iv)   a registered asbestos laboratory, and without prejudice to the
               operation of subparagraph (i) in relation to the laboratory,
               details of any natural persons, companies and other bodies
               corporate having an interest in its ownership and details of
               its facilities and equipment.

(2) Every application for registration-

   (a)  shall be in the form approved by the Authority; and

   (b)  shall contain declarations to the effect that-

        (i)    all the particulars stated in the application are true and
               correct to the best knowledge and belief of the applicant;

        (ii)   the applicant has read Parts I, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the
               Ordinance; and

        (iii)  the applicant is aware of his obligations and duties under the
               Ordinance.

(3) An applicant ("the applicant") shall, for the purpose of this section, be
treated as having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a
person ("the said person") if-

   (a)  where the said person is a firm, company or other body of persons,
        whether corporate or unincorporate-

        (i)    the applicant is a shareholder of the said person, or vice
               versa;

        (ii)   the applicant is an owner of the said person, or vice versa;

        (iii)  the applicant is a partner of the said person;

        (iv)   the applicant is a director or principal officer of the said 
               person;

        (v)    the applicant is an employee of the said person; or

        (vi)   the applicant is an associated corporation of the said person

(that is, the applicant is a corporation over which the said person has
control; or a corporation which has control over the said person; or a
corporation which is under the control of the same person as is the said 
person), or vice versa;

   (b)  where the said person is a natural person-

        (i)    the said person is an employee of the applicant, or vice versa;

        (ii)   the said person is a director or principal officer of the 
               applicant;

        (iii)  the said person is a partner of the applicant; (L.N. 391 of
               1996)

        (iv)   the said person is a shareholder of the applicant; or

        (v)    the said person is an owner of the applicant. (Enacted 1996)