Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 42

Inspections to be carried out by owner of gas vehicle

(1) The Authority may, by notice in the Gazette, specify-

   (a)  the inspections which the owner of a gas vehicle in respect of which a
        permit has been issued shall carry out on the vehicle or on any
        equipment required by these regulations to be carried on the vehicle;

   (b)  the intervals at which, or the circumstances in which, such
        inspections shall be carried out; and

   (c)  the written records which shall be kept of such inspections by such
        owners and the periods for which any such records shall be retained by
        such owners.

(2) The owner of a gas vehicle shall comply with the requirements of any
notice under subregulation (1) applicable to him.

(3) Where an inspection carried out on a gas vehicle, whether pursuant to a
notice under subregulation (1) or otherwise, shows that it is unsafe, the
owner of the vehicle shall forthwith carry out work to render it safe or, if
that is not practicable, shall not use it to carry, in the case of a gas
vehicle which is a road tanker, liquefied petroleum gas in bulk and, in the
case of a gas vehicle which is a cylinder wagon, cylinders.

(4) Where an inspection carried out on any equipment referred to in
subregulation (1), whether pursuant to a notice under that subregulation or
otherwise, shows that it is unsafe, the owner of the gas vehicle concerned
shall forthwith-

   (a)  carry out work to render the equipment safe; or

   (b)  replace it with equipment which is safe. (Enacted 1990)