Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTRICITY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 31

Duties of and offences relating to proprietors and electrical contractors

PART VII

DUTIES, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

(1) It shall be the duty of the proprietor of every industrial undertaking to
which these regulations apply to ensure that the provisions of regulations 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12(1), 13, 14, 15, 16(1), 17, 18, 19, 20, 21(1), 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29(1) and 30(1) are complied with.

(2) If any such provision is contravened the proprietor of the industrial
undertaking where the contravention occurs commits an offence and is liable to
a fine of $50000.

(3) Any proprietor or electrical contractor who orders, directs, authorizes,
permits or suffers any person to contravene regulation 16(3) or 29(2) commits
an offence and is liable to a fine of $50000.

(4) The proprietor of an industrial undertaking who without reasonable excuse
contravenes paragraph (1) in relation to regulation 26 commits an offence and
is liable to a fine of $50000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (71 of 1989 s.
13) (L.N. 47 of 1994)