Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4A

Restriction on employment of persons under 18 years of age on construction sites

(Past version on 28/11/2003).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART IA

EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS UNDER 18 ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

(1) The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that no
person under 18 years of age is employed at any place on the site unless that
person-

   (a)  is apprenticed to that contractor or to any other contractor engaged
        in work at that site, under a contract of apprenticeship registered
        under the Apprenticeship Ordinance ( Cap 47);

   (b)  has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a certificate of
        completion issued under the Apprenticeship Ordinance ( Cap 47);

   (c)  has undertaken an approved training course and possesses a certificate
        of completion in respect of that course issued by the Authority in
        such form as the Authority may determine for that purpose; or

   (d)  is undergoing on-site training, as part of an approved training 
        course, under the supervision of any person authorized in writing by
        the Authority for that purpose.

(1A) Any contractor who has direct control over any construction work shall
ensure that no person under 18 years of age is employed to carry out the
construction work unless that person satisfies one or more of the descriptions
set out in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d). (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(2) In this regulation-

"approved training course" (認可訓練課程) means such training course
provided by the Authority as the Commissioner may approve from time to time
for the purposes of this regulation;

"Authority" (當局) means- (12 of 2006 s. 84)

   (a)  the body known as the Construction Industry Training Authority before
        the commencement* of section 71 of the Construction Industry 
        Council Ordinance ( Cap 587); or

   (b)  the Construction Industry Council established by section 4 of the
        Construction Industry Council Ordinance ( Cap 587). (12 of 2006 s. 84)
        (Part IA added L.N. 221 of 1994)
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* Commencement date: 1 January 2008.

"approved training course" (認可訓練課程)

"Authority" (當局)