Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Filling capacity of tanks and cylinders

(1) The owner of a tank shall not set a fixed maximum level device fitted to
the tank other than at a setting such that, at a temperature of-

   (a)  47.5 degrees centigrade, the tank will not be more than 97% full of
        liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form; and

   (b)  52.5 degrees centigrade, the tank will not be full of liquefied
        petroleum gas in liquid form.

(2) No person shall fill a tank or cylinder with liquefied petroleum gas other
than such that, at a temperature of-

   (a)  47.5 degrees centigrade, the tank will not be more than 97%, and the
        cylinder will not be more than 95%, full of liquefied petroleum gas in
        liquid form; and

   (b)  52.5 degrees centigrade, the tank or cylinder will not be full of
        liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form. (Enacted 1990)