Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 67

Keeping of records

(Past version on 01/10/1999).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

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, 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 has ceased to be located at a
        construction  site, at his office, or if he has more than one office,
        at his principal office. (L.N. 238 of 1983; L.N. 64 of 1999; L.N. 76
        of 1999)

(2) The contractor shall, at all reasonable times, make available for
inspection by any occupational safety officer who requests to see them all
certificates and reports required to be kept by the contractor under paragraph
(1). (32 of 2000 s. 48)

(3) The contractor shall, on being requested to do so by an occupational
safety officer within such period (being not less than 7 days) as may be
specified in the request, deliver to the occupational safety officer a copy of
or an extract from any certificate or report required to be kept by the
contractor under paragraph (1). (32 of 2000 s. 48)

(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.