### Aerial Ropeways (Safety) Ordinance 《架空纜車(安全)條例》

20. Control and safety of aerial ropeway
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall, to the satisfaction of the Director, provide personnel and facilities for the control and safety of persons using, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway. (Amended 37 of 1981 s. 14)
(2) The provision of such personnel and facilities shall be at the expense of the owner of the ropeway.

21. Prohibition on alterations to aerial ropeway without permission
Save with the prior consent of the Director, the owner of an aerial ropeway shall not make any major alterations to the ropeway.

22. Examination and testing of aerial ropeways to which major alterations have been made
(1) Where any major alterations are made to an aerial ropeway, the Director shall, before the normal use and operation thereof is resumed, examine and test the ropeway so far as may be necessary to determine that those parts of the aerial ropeway affected by such major alterations are in safe working order.
(2) If the Director is satisfied that such parts of the aerial ropeway are in safe working order he shall permit the use and operation of the ropeway to be resumed; and if he is not so satisfied, shall refuse to permit the use and operation of the ropeway to be resumed and shall provide reasons for his refusal.
(3) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall not resume the use and operation thereof without the permission of the Director under subsection (2). (Added 37 of 1981 s. 15)

23. Power to enter and inspect
(1) The Director, or any public officer authorized by him in writing, may at all reasonable times enter any land in order to inspect any aerial ropeway on that land or passing over that land; and may also enter and inspect any building or structure connected with any aerial ropeway.
(2) The owner of any land, building or structure shall afford such facilities for the inspection referred to in subsection (1) as may be reasonably required by the Director.

23A. Offence to endanger safety of persons using or being near aerial ropeway
No person shall wilfully or negligently do or omit to do anything in relation to an aerial ropeway if such act or omission is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway.

### Aerial Ropeways (Safety) Ordinance 《架空纜車(安全)條例》

23B. Trespassing on aerial ropeway
(1) No person shall, without lawful excuse, enter any part of an area which is fenced or enclosed for the purposes of an aerial ropeway if at the time of entry sufficient warning notices are posted in respect of that part.
(2) In subsection (1) sufficient warning notices (充分的警告告示) means notices in English and Chinese forbidding any member of the public, except in specified circumstances (if any), from entering the relevant part of the area, which notices are posted so as to be readily seen and read by a member of the public before he enters that part.

23C. Power of designated employees to give directions
A designated employee may give to any person using or being in the immediate vicinity of an aerial ropeway any signal or verbal direction for the purpose of preventing any act or omission by such person which is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of the aerial ropeway, and a person to whom any such signal or direction is given shall forthwith comply with the same.

23D. Power of designated employee to arrest
(1) A designated employee may—
(a) require any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23B or who fails to comply with any signal or direction given to him under section 23C to immediately give his correct name and address to the employee;
(b) arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23A or who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (a).
(2) A designated employee who arrests any person under subsection (1) shall take the person forthwith to a police station, to be dealt with there in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) or deliver him into the custody of a police officer for that purpose.
(3) If any person forcibly resists or attempts to evade arrest under this section the designated employee may use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect the arrest.

### Aerial Ropeways (Safety) Ordinance 《架空纜車(安全)條例》

23E. Director may designate employees for purpose of sections 23C and 23D
(1) The Director may designate by name those persons employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway who may exercise the powers conferred on a designated employee by sections 23C and 23D, and may at any time revoke a designation so made.
(2) The Director shall issue to every designated employee a card bearing the name and photograph of such employee and a statement signed by the Director certifying that such employee is authorized to exercise the powers conferred on a designated employee by sections 23C and 23D.
(3) A card purporting to be issued under subsection (2) and to be signed by the Director shall, without further proof and until the contrary is proved, be evidence of the matters contained therein in any proceedings or otherwise.
(4) A designated employee shall produce his card for inspection by any person who questions his authority to exercise the powers in sections 23C and 23D.
(5) A person who ceases to be a designated employee shall forthwith deliver up his card to a person authorized by the Director to receive it.

23F. Owner to exhibit notices of prohibited conduct
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall prominently display notices in English and Chinese containing a summary of sections 23A and 23C and the penalties which may be imposed for a contravention of those sections.
(2) The form, contents and location of the notices shall be approved by the Director.

24. Appeals
(1) If the person installing an aerial ropeway or the owner of an aerial ropeway is aggrieved by any requirement or direction made, or the withholding of any consent or approval, by the Director under this Ordinance the owner may appeal by petition to the Chief Executive in Council.
(2) Save where the Chief Executive in Council otherwise directs, when any such appeal has been made, no such requirement or direction, other than a requirement under section 18 or 19 to close or partially close the aerial ropeway, shall be enforced until the decision of the Chief Executive in Council on the appeal is made.
(3) The decision of the Chief Executive in Council on any such appeal shall be final.
(Amended 62 of 2000 s. 3)

25. Records
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall maintain such plans, records and documents relating to the ropeway and the use and operation thereof as may be required by the Director or as may be prescribed by regulations.
(2) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall permit the Director to inspect and copy all such plans, records and documents kept by the owner in connexion therewith, and the owner shall afford facilities for such inspection or copying as may from time to time be reasonably required by the Director.