Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ASBESTOS) REGULATION - SECT 15

Air monitoring

(Past version on 09/06/2000).
(Past version on 01/09/1997).

(1) A proprietor shall ensure that-

   (a)  the exposure of any workman in an industrial undertaking to asbestos
        in the air is monitored by means of an approved method where such
        monitoring is appropriate for the protection of the health of the
        workman and whenever there is a substantial change in the working
        conditions rendering the findings of the previous air monitoring no
        longer valid; and

   (b)  the air monitoring required in paragraph (a) is carried out by a
        laboratory that is accredited for the relevant asbestos test by the
        Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) managed by the
        Commissioner for Innovation and Technology on behalf of the Government
        or by a scheme with which HOKLAS has a mutual recognition agreement.
        (L.N. 221 of 2000)

(2) A record of any monitoring carried out in pursuance of subsection (1)
shall be kept by the proprietor who shall, on being requested by an
occupational safety officer, produce the record for inspection. (32 of 2000 s.
48)