Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 67

Keeping of records

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PART X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(1) Every contractor shall keep the certificates and reports received by him
in respect of any test, inspection or examination carried out under these
regulations on any plant, scaffold, excavation, or earthwork-

   (a)  at the construction site where the plant is located or the excavating
        or earthworking operations are being carried on;or

   (b)  if the contractor has reasonable grounds for believing that the
        construction work at the site will be completed within a period of
        less than 6 weeks from its commencement, or if the work at the site
        has been completed or the equipment or scaffold has ceased to be
        located at a construction site, at his office, or if he has more than
        one office, at his principal office.

(2) The contractor shall, at all reasonable times, make available for
inspection by any inspector who requests to see them all certificates and
reports required to be kept by the contractor under paragraph (1).

(3) The contractor shall, on being requested to do so by an inspector within
such period (being not less than 7 days) as may be specified in the request,
deliver to the inspector a copy of or an extract from any certificate or
report required to be kept by the contractor under paragraph (1).

(4) Any such certificates or reports may, unless the Commissioner has
previously directed to the contrary, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of
after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which they were received by
the contractor. (L.N. 238 of 1983)