Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY OFFICERS AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 17

Duties of safety supervisor

(1) The duty of a person employed as a safety supervisor shall be-

   (a)  to assist any person employed as a safety officer in the industrial
        undertaking in carrying out the duties of a safety officer under these
        regulations;

   (b)  to assist the proprietor responsible for the industrial undertaking in
        promoting the safety and health of persons employed therein including
        for that purpose-

        (i)    advising the proprietor or any person employed as a safety 
               officer in the industrial undertaking, as to the observance by
               any person of the standards for the safety or protection of
               persons employed in the industrial undertaking;

        (ii)   supervising the observance by any person of the standards for
               the safety or protection of persons employed in the industrial
               undertaking;

        (iii)  promoting the safe carrying on of work in the industrial
               undertaking; and

        (iv)   on or before the last day in every week, preparing and
               submitting, in the case where no person is employed as a
               safety officer in the industrial undertaking, to the
               proprietor, or in the case where a person is employed as a
               safety officer in the industrial undertaking, to the
               safety officer, a report as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) A report submitted under paragraph (1)(b)(iv) shall be in the
approved form. (L.N. 352 of 1994) (Enacted 1986)