Hong Kong Regulations

QUARRIES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 54

Maximum height of face

(1) Subject to regulation 55, where the height of any face in a quarry exceeds
25 metres, or such lesser height as the Commissioner or any officer authorized
in writing by the Commissioner for Labour may in any particular case specify
under paragraph (2), no work on the face shall be carried on except for the
purpose of reducing the height of the face to-

   (a)  a height of 25 metres; or

   (b)  where a height of less than 25 metres has been specified by the
        Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner
        for Labour under paragraph (2), that lesser height. (L.N. 238 of 1984)

(2) If in the opinion of the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing
by the Commissioner for Labour it is in any particular case desirable to do so
for the purposes of safety in a quarry, he may by notice in writing, in
English and in Chinese, served on the proprietor of the quarry specify a
height, being a height less than 25 metres, in excess of which no work on a
face in the quarry may be carried on otherwise than in accordance with
paragraph (1)(b). (L.N. 238 of 1984)

(3) Any person who-

   (a)  being the supervisor on duty in a quarry, permits any work on any face
        therein to be carried on in contravention of paragraph (1); or

   (b)  works on any face in contravention of paragraph (1), shall be guilty
        of an offence.