Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8

Examinations and inspections to be carried out on cylinders and tanks

(1) No person shall fill any cylinder with liquefied petroleum gas unless-

   (a)  the cylinder has, immediately prior to such filling, been externally
        examined for defects, including dents, gouges and corrosion; and

   (b)  the person who has carried out such examination is of the opinion that
        it is safe for that cylinder to be so filled.

(2) The owner of a cylinder (other than a disposable cylinder) shall not use
the cylinder to contain liquefied petroleum gas unless the cylinder has been
tested and examined not less than once in the 5 years period immediately
preceding such use to ascertain whether the cylinder is safe to be so used.

(3) The owner of a tank which is-

   (a)  above ground level; and

   (b)  not covered by sand or earth, shall not use the tank to contain
        liquefied petroleum gas unless the tank has been tested and examined
        not less than once in the 10 years period immediately preceding such
        use to ascertain whether the tank is safe to be so used.

(4) The owner of a tank which is-

   (a)  below ground level; or

   (b)  above ground level and covered with sand or earth, shall not use the
        tank to contain liquefied petroleum gas unless the tank has been
        tested and examined not less than once- (L.N. 259 of 1997)

        (i)    in the 10 years period immediately following the first time the
               tank is so used; and

        (ii)   after the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph

        (i)    , in the 5 years period immediately preceding such use, to
               ascertain whether the tank is safe to be so used.

(5) The owner of a tank shall keep a written record of the results of any test
and examination carried out on the tank pursuant to subregulation (3) or (4)
until the tank ceases to be used to contain liquefied petroleum gas.

(6) Where any test and examination carried out on a tank pursuant to
subregulation (3) or (4) shows that the tank is not safe to be used to contain
liquefied petroleum gas, the owner of that tank shall not so use the tank
unless work has been subsequently carried out on the tank which renders the
tank safe to be so used.

(7) Any test and examination carried out before the commencement of the
Ordinance on-

   (a)  a cylinder, in accordance with regulation 66 of the Dangerous 
        Goods (General) Regulations ( Cap 295 sub. leg. B), shall be deemed to
        be a test and examination carried out on that cylinder in accordance
        with subregulation (2); and

   (b)  a tank, in accordance with the terms and conditions endorsed on a
        licence to store liquefied petroleum gas in that tank granted under
        the Dangerous Goods Ordinance ( Cap 295), shall be deemed to be a test
        and examination carried out on that tank in accordance with
        subregulation (3) or (4), as the case may be. (Enacted 1990)