Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (WORKS) REGULATION - SECT 37

Powers of Director and inspector to request lifting appliances or lifting gear to be tested and examined, thoroughly examined or inspected

(1) The Director or an inspector may, if it appears to him to be desirable in
the interest of safety of persons employed at work, request a lifting
appliance—

   (a)  to be tested and examined by a competent examiner in the manner
        prescribed in Schedule 1 before it is used; or

   (b)  to be thoroughly examined by a competent examiner before it is used.

(2) The Director or an inspector may, if it appears to him to be desirable in
the interest of safety of persons employed at work, request a chain, wire rope
sling, ring, hook, shackle, swivel or pulley block used as lifting gear—

   (a)  to be tested and examined by a competent examiner in the manner
        prescribed in Schedule 1 before it is used;

   (b)  to be thoroughly examined by a competent examiner before it is used;
        or

   (c)  to be inspected by a competent person before it is used.

(3) The Director or an inspector may, if it appears to him to be desirable in
the interest of safety of persons employed at work, request a wire rope used
as lifting gear—

   (a)  to be tested and examined by a competent examiner in the manner
        prescribed in Schedule 1 before it is used; or

   (b)  to be inspected by a competent person before it is used.

(4) A request may be made to—

   (a)  the owner of the lifting appliance or lifting gear;

   (b)  the person in charge of works; or

   (c)  both of them.

(5) If the owner of the lifting appliance or lifting gear or the person in
charge of works does not comply with a request made to him, he commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.