Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 20

Pressure tests on gas pipes, etc.

(1) A person who installs a gas pipe shall, forthwith after such installation
and before the pipe is commissioned, carry out a pressure test on such pipe to
ensure that it is structurally sound and gastight.

(2) A person who carries out a pressure test required under subregulation (1)
on a gas pipe shall ensure that precautions have been taken to protect-

   (a)  the persons carrying out such test;

   (b)  any persons working in the vicinity of the place where such test is
        being carried out; and

   (c)  members of the public, against any dangers which may arise if such
        pipe should fail the test.

(3) Upon the completion of any pressure test required under subregulation (1),
the person who carried out that test shall, as soon as is reasonably
practicable, reduce to zero the pressure in the gas pipe in respect of which
such test was carried out. (Enacted 1990)