Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (REGISTRATION OF GAS SUPPLY COMPANIES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9

General self-regulating duty of registered gas supply company

PART IV

DUTIES OF REGISTERED GAS SUPPLY COMPANIES AND GAS DISTRIBUTORS

(1) It shall be the duty of every registered gas supply company to ensure, in
carrying on its business as a gas supply company, so far as is reasonably
practicable, the health and safety at work of all its employees and to conduct
its operations in a safe manner so that members of the public are not exposed
to undue risks from gas.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of a registered gas supply  company's
duty under subregulation (1), the matters to which that duty extends include
in particular-

   (a)  the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are,
        so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;

   (b)  arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety
        and absence of risks to health in connection with the carrying on of
        its business as a gas supply company;

   (c)  the provision of such information, instruction, training and
        supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably
        practicable, the health and safety at work of its employees;

   (d)  so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under
        its control, the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and
        without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means of
        access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks; and

   (e)  the provision and maintenance of a working environment for its
        employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and
        without risks to health. (Enacted 1990)