Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (INSTALLATION AND USE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 31

Unsafe gas appliances

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

No person shall use a gas appliance if at any time he knows or has reason to
suspect-

   (a)  that there is insufficient supply of air available for such appliance
        for proper combustion at the point of combustion;

   (b)  that the removal of the products of combustion from such appliance is
        not being or cannot safely be carried out;

   (c)  that the room or internal space in which such appliance is installed
        is not adequately ventilated for the purpose of providing air
        containing a sufficiency of oxygen for the persons present in the
        room, or in, or in the vicinity of, the internal space while such
        appliance is in use;

   (d)  that any gas is escaping from such appliance or from any gas fitting
        used in connection with such appliance; (L.N. 222 of 1999)

   (e)  that such appliance or any part of it or any gas fitting or other
        works for the supply of gas used in connection with such fitting is so
        faulty or maladjusted that it cannot be used without constituting a
        danger to any person or property; or (L.N. 222 of 1999)

   (f)  that the appliance has been installed or used in contravention of
        regulation 35. (L.N. 222 of 1999) (Enacted 1990)