Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY OFFICERS AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 4

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

[regulations 14(1), 16 & 19A] (L.N. 352 of 1994)

1. Employment of safely officer for the purposes of regulation 14.
Proprietor Safety Officer

   (a)  A proprietor of one construction site who is a principal contractor.
        One safety  officer where the total number of persons employed
        therein, not being persons employed by a specialist contractor, is 100
        or more.

   (b)  A proprietor of more than one construction site who is a principal
        contractor. One safety officer where the total aggregate number of
        persons employed at such construction sites, not being persons
        employed by a specialist contractor, is 100 or more.

   (c)  A proprietor of one construction site who is a specialist contractor.
        One safety  officer where the total number of persons employed by him
        therein is 100 or more.

   (d)  A proprietor of more than one construction site who is a specialist
        contractor. One safety officer where the total aggregate number of
        persons employed by him at such construction sites is 100 or more.

   (e)  A proprietor of one shipyard. One safety officer where the total
        number of persons employed by him therein is 100 or more. (L.N. 352 of
        1994)

   (f)  A proprietor of more than one shipyard. One safety officer where the
        total aggregate number of persons employed by him in such shipyards is
        100 or more. (L.N. 352 of 1994)
(L.N. 352 of 1994)

2. Employment of safety supervisor for the purposes of regulation 16.
Proprietor Safety Supervisor

   (a)  A proprietor of one construction site who is a principal contractor.
        One safety  supervisor where the total number of persons employed
        therein, not being persons employed by a specialist contractor, is 20
        or more.

   (b)  A proprietor of more than one construction site who is a principal
        contractor. One safety supervisor on each construction site on which
        the number of persons employed, not being persons employed by a
        specialist contractor, is 20 or more.

   (c)  A proprietor of one construction site who is a specialist contractor.
        One safety  supervisor where the total number of persons employed by
        him therein, is 20 or more.

   (d)  A proprietor of more than one construction site who is a specialist
        contractor. One safety supervisor on each construction site on which
        the number of persons employed by him is 20 or more.

   (e)  A proprietor of one shipyard. One safety supervisor where the total
        number of persons employed by him therein is 20 or more. (L.N. 352 of
        1994)

   (f)  A proprietor of more than one shipyard. One safety supervisor in each
        shipyard in which the number of persons employed by him is 20 or more.
        (L.N. 352 of 1994)

3. In paragraphs 1 and 2- "principal contractor" (總承建商) means any
person who enters into a contract with an owner, occupier or developer of
property, or with an agent or architect, surveyor or civil, municipal or
structural engineer of such owner, occupier or developer, to perform
construction work for such owner, occupier or developer in respect of that
property; and "specialist contractor" (專門承建商) means any person who
is nominated by an owner, occupier or developer of property, or by an agent or
architect, surveyor or civil, municipal or structural engineer of such owner,
occupier or developer, or by the principal contractor, and who enters into a
contract-

   (a)  with a principal contractor to perform all or any part of the
        construction work in a construction site which the principal
        contractor has contracted to perform; or

   (b)  with an owner, occupier or developer of property, or with an agent or
        architect, surveyor or civil, municipal or structural engineer of such
        owner, occupier or developer, to perform any construction work in a
        construction site which the principal contractor has not contracted to
        perform. (Enacted 1986) "principal contractor" (總承建商)
        "specialist contractor" (專門承建商)