Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (WORKS) REGULATION - SECT 9

Lighting of workplaces, etc.

(1) Where works are being carried out on a vessel—

   (a)  every workplace of the vessel;

   (b)  every other part of the vessel to which a person employed may be
        required to proceed in the course of his employment; and

   (c)  every means of access provided under sections 4, 5, 6 and 7, shall be
        efficiently lighted, having regard to the safety of the vessel and
        cargo concerned, the person employed and the navigation of any other
        vessel.

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

(3) Where the employer is not the person in charge of works, if there is a
contravention of subsection (1), the employer shall take the measures required
by that subsection as soon as reasonably practicable after the contravention
occurs.

(4) An employer who fails to comply with subsection (3) commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.