Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 13

Appointment of registered safety auditor to conduct safety audit

PART IV

SAFETY AUDITS

(1) A proprietor or contractor specified in Part 1 or 3 of Schedule 3 shall
appoint a registered safety auditor to conduct a safety audit in relation to
the relevant industrial undertaking.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the proprietor or contractor referred to in
subsection (1) shall ensure that safety audits are conducted-

   (a)  where the relevant industrial undertaking involves construction work,
        not less than once in each 6 months period beginning with the
        commencement of this section (or, where the undertaking comes into
        existence after that commencement, beginning with the day on which it
        comes into existence) but, in any case, not later than 6 months after
        the last safety audit report was submitted under section 15 in respect
        of the undertaking;

   (b)  in any other case, not less than once in each 12 months period
        beginning with that commencement (or, where the relevant industrial 
        undertaking comes into existence after that commencement, beginning
        with the day on which it comes into existence) but, in any case, not
        later than 12 months after the last safety audit report was submitted
        under section  15 in respect of the undertaking.

(3) The Commissioner may, where he thinks it is necessary to do so after
having regard to all the circumstances of the case, require in writing a
proprietor or contractor referred to in subsection (1) to cause a safety audit
to be conducted in relation to the relevant industrial  undertaking at an
interval shorter than the period specified in subsection

(2).