Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (REGISTRATION OF GAS INSTALLERS AND GAS CONTRACTORS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 16

Determination of application

(1) Subject to this regulation, upon receipt of an application, the Authority
shall, as soon as practicable, by notice served on the applicant-

   (a)  grant registration to the applicant as a gas contractor; or

   (b)  refuse to grant registration to the applicant as a gas  contractor.

(2) The Authority shall not grant registration to an applicant as a
gas contractor unless he is satisfied that-

   (a)  the applicant is qualified under regulation 13 to be so registered;
        and

   (b)  in all the circumstances, the applicant, if so registered, would be
        capable of complying with the requirements under the Ordinance with
        which it is his obligation to comply, in particular in relation to the
        safety of members of the public.

(3) Where the Authority refuses to grant registration to an applicant as a
gas contractor, he shall specify in the notice concerned under subregulation
(1) his reasons for such refusal of registration. (Enacted 1990)