Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Interpretation

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"appointed medical practitioner" (指定醫生) means a medical practitioner
appointed under regulation 24;

"compressed air" (壓縮空氣) means air mechanically raised to a pressure
higher than atmospheric pressure;

"construction site" (建築地盤) means a place where construction work in
compressed air is carried out and also any area in the immediate vicinity of
any such place which is used for the storage of materials or plant used or
intended to be used for the purpose of the construction work;

"decant lock" (覆壓減壓室) means a double compartment lock, other than a
medical lock, used for the recompression and decompression of persons;

"decanting" (覆壓減壓) means the rapid decompression of persons in a
man-lock to atmospheric pressure followed promptly by their recompression in a
decant lock, where they are then decompressed according to the appropriate
Decompression Table in the Third Schedule;

"employer" (僱主) means any person who has entered into a contract of
employment to employ any other person as an employee and the duly authorized
agent, manager or factor of such first mentioned person;

"lock attendant" (氣壓調節室管理員) means the person in charge of a
man-lock or decant lock and who is immediately responsible for controlling the
compression, recompression or decompression of persons employed in
compressed air;

"man-lock" (員工氣壓調節室) means any lock, other than a medical lock
or decant  lock, used for the compression or decompression of persons entering
or leaving a working chamber;

"medical lock" (高壓醫療室) means a double compartment lock, other than a
decant lock, used for the therapeutic recompression and decompression of
persons suffering from the ill-effects of decompression;

"new starter" (新人) means a person-

   (a)  who has not at any time been employed in compressed air; or

   (b)  who, having been previously employed in compressed air, has not been
        re-employed in compressed air for a period exceeding 14 consecutive
        days;

"pressure" (氣壓) means air pressure in pounds per square inch above
atmospheric pressure;

"working chamber" (氣壓施工室) means the part of the construction site
where construction work in compressed air is carried out, but does not include
a man-lock, medical lock or decant lock;

"working pressure" (施工氣壓) means pressure to which persons in a
working  chamber are exposed.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, a person shall be deemed to be
employed in compressed air if he is exposed to pressure for the purposes of or
in connexion with any construction work.

"appointed medical practitioner" (指定醫生)

"compressed air" (壓縮空氣)

"construction site" (建築地盤)

"decant lock" (覆壓減壓室)

"decanting" (覆壓減壓)

"employer" (僱主)

"lock attendant" (氣壓調節室管理員)

"man-lock" (員工氣壓調節室)

"medical lock" (高壓醫療室)

"new starter" (新人)

"pressure" (氣壓)

"working chamber" (氣壓施工室)

"working pressure" (施工氣壓)