Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 19

Appointment of safety review officer to conduct safety review

PART V

SAFETY REVIEWS

(1) A proprietor or contractor specified in Part 2 or 4 of Schedule 3 shall-

   (a)  appoint, in the approved form, a person (who may be an employee of the
        proprietor or contractor), being a person who is capable of
        competently carrying out a safety review, to be the
        safety review officer to conduct a safety review in relation to the
        relevant industrial  undertaking; and

   (b)  cause a copy of the appointment to be displayed-

        (i)    in a conspicuous position at each place where the undertaking
               is carried on; and

        (ii)   as soon as practicable after making the appointment.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the proprietor or contractor referred to in
subsection (1) shall ensure that safety reviews 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 review report was submitted under section 21;

   (b)  in any other case, not less than once in each 12 months 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 review report was submitted under
        section  21 .

(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 review to be conducted in relation to the relevant industrial 
undertaking at an interval shorter than the period specified in subsection

(2).