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

7. Plans etc.
A person wishing to install an aerial ropeway shall submit to the Director—
(a) a plan, in duplicate and on such scale as the Director may specify, showing the proposed route of the ropeway; and
(b) the designs and specifications of the machinery, equipment and plant relating to the ropeway,
together with such other information, plans, specifications or calculations as may be required by the Director.

8. Information as to method of installation
All plans, designs, specifications and calculations submitted to the Director under section 7 shall be accompanied by information as to the proposed method of installation of the aerial ropeway and the proposed programme of installation.

9. Installation not to carry out until plans etc. approved
(1) The person wishing to install an aerial ropeway shall not carry out any part of the installation works until the plans, designs, specifications, calculations and the method and programme of installation have been approved by the Director. (Amended 37 of 1981 s. 5)
(2) Any approval by the Director under subsection (1) may be limited to any stage in the installation of the aerial ropeway.

10. Aerial ropeway to be installed in accordance with plans, etc.
(1) The installation works shall be carried out in accordance with the plans, designs, specifications, calculations and method and programme of installation as approved under section 9, subject to such modifications as may be made thereto from time to time by the person installing the ropeway with the prior written approval of the Director.
(2) If, in respect of any part of the installation works the Director is of the opinion that—
(a) there is any departure from the requirements of subsection (1);
(b) the method of installation is unsafe; or
(c) the installation works have been or are being carried out in contravention of this Ordinance or the Code,
he may direct the person installing the aerial ropeway to discontinue any such part and the same shall not be continued until the Director is satisfied that any further installation works comply with such requirements or that the method of installation will be safe, as the case may be.
(3) If a direction under subsection (2) is not complied with, the Director may carry out such works as he thinks fit to ensure that the installation works comply with the requirements of subsection (1) or that the method of installation will be safe, as the case may be.
(4) The cost of works carried out under subsection (3) shall be recoverable as a debt to the Government from the person installing the aerial ropeway. (Amended 62 of 2000 s. 3)

11. Prohibition on passage over buildings
Save with the approval of the Director, no part of an aerial ropeway shall pass over any building.
(Amended 37 of 1981 s. 6)

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

12. Obstruction
(1) During the installation works the person installing the aerial ropeway shall ensure that such works do not cause undue obstruction of any road, shipping channel or railway or cause any hazard to air navigation.
(2) If the Director is of the opinion that any part of the installation works is obstructing any road, shipping channel or railway or is causing a hazard to air navigation he may direct the person installing the aerial ropeway to discontinue such works, and such works shall not be continued except with the permission of the Director and subject to such conditions as he may impose.
(Amended 37 of 1981 s. 7)

13. Power to enter and inspect
(1) The Director or any public officer authorized by him in writing, may at any time enter the place at which an aerial ropeway is being installed—
(a) to ascertain whether the person installing the aerial ropeway is complying with the provisions of this Ordinance and the Code relating to the installation of the aerial ropeway;
(b) to ascertain whether the installation works are dangerous or liable to become dangerous to persons being in the vicinity of, using, or employed in connexion with, the aerial ropeway; and (Amended 37 of 1981 s. 8)
(c) to inspect and test any machinery, equipment or plant to be used in connexion with such aerial ropeway.
(2) The person installing an aerial ropeway shall afford the Director such facilities as he may reasonably require for the purposes of subsection (1).

14. Approval of plans etc. not to confer title to land, etc.
Neither the approval of plans, specifications, calculations and the method and programme of installation under section 9 nor the approval of commencement of operation under section 16 shall—
(a) confer any title to land;
(b) act as a waiver of any term in any lease or licence; or
(c) grant any exemption from or permit any contravention of this Ordinance, the Code or of any other enactment.

16. Approval required before aerial ropeway can operate
The owner of an aerial ropeway shall not operate the ropeway until the Director has approved the commencement of operation.
(Amended 37 of 1981 s. 10)

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

17. Aerial ropeway to be maintained in condition
(1) An aerial ropeway shall be maintained by the owner thereof in a safe condition. (Amended 37 of 1981 s. 11)
(2) The Director may, by notice in writing, require the owner to effect such repairs or alterations to his aerial ropeway as he considers necessary for the proper maintenance thereof and for the obviation of fire and other hazards therein.
(3) If the owner of an aerial ropeway fails to comply with any such requirement within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice the Director may effect the necessary repairs or alterations.
(4) If at any time there exist, in the opinion of the Director, any circumstances requiring the immediate putting into effect of such repairs or alterations he may require the owner to effect the same forthwith or, if he thinks fit, may forthwith effect the same with or without notice to the owner.
(5) The expense of repairs or alterations under this section shall be borne by the owner and where any such repairs or alterations are effected by the Director the expense thereof shall be recoverable from the owner as a debt due to the Government. (Amended 62 of 2000 s. 3)

18. Closure of aerial ropeway for repairs or alterations
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway may, or if so required by the Director shall, close or partially close the ropeway to the use of the public whenever necessary to enable any repairs or alterations to be effected to the ropeway.
(2) Save in the case of an emergency, the owner shall not effect any such closure without prior notification to the Director.
(3) Whenever a closure is effected under this section in pursuance of a requirement of the Director, the ropeway or such part thereof thereby affected shall not thereafter be operated for the use of the public without the prior consent of the Director. (Amended 37 of 1981 s. 12)

19. Closure of aerial ropeway for safety reasons
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall not operate the ropeway in a manner which endangers the safety of persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway. (Added 37 of 1981 s. 13)
(2) The owner of an aerial ropeway may, and if so required by the Director shall, close or partially close the ropeway to the use of the public whenever such action appears reasonably necessary for the safety of persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway.
(3) Save when required by the Director to close or partially close the aerial ropeway, the owner of an aerial ropeway shall notify the Director forthwith of any such closure.
(Amended 37 of 1981 s. 13)