Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTRICITY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 16

Enclosure of bare conductors on switchboards

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) every switchboard having a bare conductor liable
to become live and normally exposed so that it is possible for a person to
make accidental contact with live metal shall be adequately enclosed or fenced
so as to prevent electrical hazard.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a switchboard having a bare
conductor installed to serve any particular purpose of the industrial
undertaking and so situated as to be accessible only to an authorized person
or a competent person acting under the immediate supervision of an
authorized person.

(3) No person except an authorized person or a competent person acting under
the immediate supervision of an authorized person shall enter an area enclosed
or fenced under paragraph (1).

(4) A notice in red characters and letters each not less than 50 mm high on a
white background reading "危險－帶電電線。未經授權，不得內進
DANGER LIVE WIRES-UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY PROHIBITED" shall be placed and displayed
in a visible position at every area enclosed or fenced under paragraph (1).