Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LOADSHIFTING MACHINERY) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 20/11/2000).

(1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"certificate" (證書) means a certificate issued to a person by the organizer
of a training course which evidences that, by virtue of his attendance at the
training course designed for that purpose, he is trained and competent to
operate a particular type of loadshifting machine;

"construction site" (建築地盤) has the meaning assigned to it by
regulation 2(1) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations ( Cap 59 sub.
leg. I);

"fork-lift truck" (叉式起重車) means any self-propelled vehicle equipped
with a mast along which travels a power-operated device for elevating and
carrying loads;

"loadshifting machine" (負荷物移動機) means a power-operated mobile
machine of a type specified in the Schedule and which is operated by a person
riding on the machine;

"responsible person" (負責人), in relation to a loadshifting machine, means
a person who is having the management or in charge of the machine but does not
include a person who operates the machine, and the contractor who has control
over the way any construction work which involves the use of the machine is
carried out and, in the case of a loadshifting machine situated on or used in
connection with work on a construction site, also means the contractor
responsible for the construction site; (L.N. 262 of 2003)

"training course" (訓練課程) means a training course that is-

   (a)  recognized by the Commissioner;

   (b)  conducted for the purpose of instructing a person in the operation of
        a type of loadshifting machine; and

   (c)  designed to ensure that a person is adequately trained and competent
        to operate a type of loadshifting machine.

(2) For the purposes of this Regulation, a contractor is responsible for a
construction site if he is undertaking construction work there or, where there
is more than one contractor undertaking construction work at the site, if he
is the principal contractor undertaking construction work there.

"certificate" (證書)

"construction site" (建築地盤)

"fork-lift truck" (叉式起重車)

"loadshifting machine" (負荷物移動機)

"responsible person" (負責人)

"training course" (訓練課程)