Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 9

Duty of proprietor and contractor in respect of safety policy

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a proprietor or contractor specified
in Schedule 3 shall-

   (a)  prepare and revise as often as may be necessary a written policy
        statement in relation to the safety policy of the relevant 
        industrial undertaking;

   (b)  bring such statement and any revision of it to the notice of all the
        workers in the undertaking;

   (c)  keep a copy of the statement; and

   (d)  make a copy of the statement available for inspection upon request by
        an occupational safety officer.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of any of the elements specified in
Schedule 4, the policy statement required under subsection

(1) shall include-

   (a)  a statement of the proprietor's or contractor's general policy with
        regard to the safety and health of the workers in the relevant 
        industrial undertaking;

   (b)  the system of allocation of responsibilities for the carrying out of
        the policy; and

   (c)  the arrangements as to how the responsibilities are to be executed.

(3) The proprietor or contractor shall cause the safety policy of the
relevant industrial undertaking to be reviewed-

   (a)  not less than once in each 2 years period commencing on the date on
        which the proprietor or contractor, as the case may be, first complied
        with subsection (1)(b) in respect of the undertaking;

   (b)  as soon as is practicable after the proprietor or contractor, as the
        case may be, alters the policy statement required under subsection

(1)-

        (i)    in respect of any particulars referred to in subsection (2)(a),

   (b)  or (c) relating to the undertaking; and

        (ii)   for a reason not arising out of a review under paragraph (a) or
               this paragraph.