Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (INSTALLATION AND USE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 33

Reinstatement of supply of gas

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where a supply of gas to a gas fitting is shut off under regulation 32(1),
no person shall reinstate such supply unless-

   (a)  the defect or other circumstance, or the further escape of gas,
        specified in the notice concerned referred to in regulation
        32(1)(ii)(B), is removed or remedied, or prevented, as the case may
        be; or

   (b)  upon the request of the responsible person for the premises in which
        such fitting is installed, the Authority, being of the opinion that
        such shut off was not justified, states in writing that he is of that
        opinion.

(2) Where a supply of gas to premises is shut off under regulation 32(4), no
person shall reinstate such supply unless-

   (a)  the gas supply company concerned states in writing that in relation to
        the premises it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to cause a
        person to take the action required under regulation 32(1)(i) or

        (ii)   ;

   (b)  upon the request of the responsible person for the premises, the
        Authority, being of the opinion that such shut off was not justified,
        states in writing that he is of that opinion; or

   (c)  subregulation (1)(a) or (b) becomes applicable to the gas fitting
        concerned in the premises.

(3) Where a person reinstates a supply of gas to a gas fitting as provided
under subregulation (1), he shall-

   (a)  immediately thereafter remove the notice referred to in regulation
        32(1)(ii)(B) which relates to such fitting; and

   (b)  as soon as practicable, submit to his employer or, if he is
        self-employed, shall retain for not less than 2 years, the notice
        removed under paragraph (a) completed in accordance with any
        directions specified therein.

(4) The employer to whom a notice is submitted under subregulation

(3) shall retain it for not less than 2 years after the day on which it was so
submitted. (L.N. 222 of 1999)