Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (WORKS) REGULATION - SECT 36

Inspection of other lifting gear—wire ropes

(1) A wire rope in which any wire has broken shall not be used as lifting gear
if it has not been inspected by a competent person, within the preceding
month.

(2) Any other wire rope shall not be used as lifting gear if it has not been
inspected by a competent person, within the preceding 3 months.

(3) If there is a contravention of subsection (1) or (2), the owner of the
lifting gear and the person in charge of works commit an offence and each is
liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply if—

   (a)  the wire rope has been duly tested and examined in compliance with
        section 35, within the preceding month;

   (b)  the wire rope has been inspected in compliance with the relevant local
        vessels regulation, within the preceding month; or

   (c)  the wire rope has been inspected in compliance with regulation 22(2)
        of the Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations ( Cap 
        313 sub. leg. B), within the preceding month.

(5) Subsection (2) does not apply if—

   (a)  the wire rope has been duly tested and examined in compliance with
        section 35, within the preceding 3 months;

   (b)  the wire rope has been inspected in compliance with the relevant local
        vessels regulation, within the preceding 3 months; or

   (c)  the wire rope has been inspected in compliance with regulation 22(2)
        of the Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations ( Cap 
        313 sub. leg. B), within the preceding 3 months.