Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY LINES (PROTECTION) REGULATION - SECT 15

Approval of code of practice by Director

Codes of Practice

(1) For the purposes of providing practical guidance in respect of any
requirement under this Regulation, the Director may-

   (a)  approve and issue such codes of practice (whether prepared by him or
        not) as in his opinion are suitable for that purpose; and

   (b)  approve such codes of practice issued or proposed to be issued
        otherwise than by him as in his opinion are suitable for that purpose.

(2) Where a code of practice is approved under subsection (1), the Director
shall-

   (a)  publish a copy of the code in the Gazette; and

   (b)  by notice in the Gazette, specify for which of the requirements under
        this Regulation the code is so approved and the date on which the
        approval is to take effect.

(3) The Director may-

   (a)  from time to time revise the whole or any part of any code of 
        practice prepared by him in pursuance of this section; and

   (b)  approve any revision or proposed revision of the whole or any part of
        any code of practice for the time being approved under this section,
        and the provisions of subsection (2) shall, with necessary
        modifications, apply in relation to any revision approved under this
        subsection as they apply in relation to a code of practice approved
        under subsection (1).

(4) The Director may at any time withdraw his approval from any
code of practice approved under this section.

(5) Where under subsection (4) the Director withdraws his approval from a
code of practice approved under this section, he shall, by notice in the
Gazette, identify the code concerned and specify the date on which his
approval of it is to cease to have effect.

(6) References in this Regulation to an approved code of practice are
references to that code as it has effect for the time being by virtue of any
revision of the whole or any part of it approved under this section.

(7) The power of the Director under subsection (1)(b) to approve a
code of practice issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him shall
include power to approve part of such a code and, accordingly, in
this Regulation "code of practice" may be read as including part of such a
code.

"code of practice"