Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (REGISTRATION OF GAS SUPPLY COMPANIES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Registered gas supply company to provide Authority with written statement of its health and safety arrangements, etc.

(1) It shall be the duty of every registered gas supply company to prepare, as
soon as is reasonably practicable after it is first registered, and thereafter
as often as may be necessary revise, a written statement of its general policy
with respect to the health and safety at work of its employees and the
organization and arrangements for the time being in force for carrying out
that policy, and to-

   (a)  bring the statement and any revision of it to the notice of all its
        employees; and

   (b)  provide a copy of the statement and any revision of it to the
        Authority, as soon, so far as is reasonably practicable, after the
        statement is prepared or revised, as the case may be.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (1), a statement
required under that subregulation from a registered gas supply  company shall,
where applicable, include-

   (a)  details as to how it complies with its duty under regulation 9;

   (b)  details as to all safety rules and procedures to be followed by it, or
        others on its behalf, for constructing, installing, operating,
        monitoring and maintaining its gas installations;

   (c)  details on how it advises consumers or others on the safe use of gas
        supplied by it;

   (d)  details as to the qualifications it requires for all its key
        operational positions which carry responsibility for gas safety, and
        the particular areas of responsibility for such positions;

   (e)  details as to the training, monitoring and, where appropriate, testing
        arrangements it provides in relation to ensuring competence of
        personnel at all levels of its operations;

   (f)  the arrangements in force for carrying out and supervising the
        construction, installation and maintenance of gas installations
        including the arrangements in force for others who carry out such work
        for it, in particular the arrangements in force for carrying out
        quality control;

   (g)  the monitoring arrangements used to verify compliance with its
        operating procedures in connection with the carrying on of its
        business as a gas supply company;

   (h)  the arrangements in force for dealing with reports from members of the
        public of escaping gas;

   (i)  the arrangements in force for dealing with gas emergencies; and

   (j)  the arrangements in force for carrying out gas leakage surveys.
        (Enacted 1990)