Hong Kong Regulations

GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Requirements for liquefied petroleum gas storage installations

The owner of a liquefied petroleum gas storage installation shall ensure that-

   (a)  the installation is well-ventilated;

   (b)  the installation is accessible for-

        (i)    the replacement and maintenance of the tanks or cylinders which
               comprise the installation; and

        (ii)   fire-fighting purposes in the event of a fire in or near the
               installation;

   (c)  any safety feature provided for the installation, being a radiation
        wall, fixed water drenching system or diversion kerb, together with
        the distances between the tanks or cylinders which comprise the
        installation and any-

        (i)    property boundary;

        (ii)   fixed source of ignition; or

        (iii)  building other than the building in which the installation is
               situated, are such that- (A) the risk of any liquefied
               petroleum gas escaping from the installation being ignited
               before being dispersed or diluted is, so far as is practicable,
               minimized; and (B) the installation is protected against the
               radiation effects of any fire occurring outside the
               installation;

   (d)  ventilation and explosion relief measures other than explosion relief
        panels are provided for the installation; and

   (e)  where the installation is part of a piped gas supply system and more
        than one tank or cylinder which comprises the installation is at any
        one time providing liquefied petroleum gas to such system by means of
        flexible gas tubing connected to a common manifold, the installation
        has incorporated in it safety devices which will ensure that if such
        tubing between one such tank or cylinder and the common manifold
        fails, such failure does not cause the complete loss of such gas from
        any other tank or cylinder which is connected by such tubing to such
        manifold. (Enacted 1990)