### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(起重機械及起重裝置)規例》

5. Lifting appliances to be tested and examined prior to use
(1) The owner of a lifting appliance shall ensure that it is not used unless it has been thoroughly examined by a competent examiner at least once in the preceding 12 months, and a certificate in the approved form in which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order has been obtained.
(2) The owner of a lifting appliance other than a crane, crab or winch shall ensure that it is not used unless it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner in the manner prescribed in the First Schedule, and a certificate in the approved form in which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order has been obtained.
(3) The owner of any crane, crab or winch shall ensure that it is not used unless during the preceding 4 years it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner in the manner prescribed in the First Schedule, and a certificate in the approved form in which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order has been obtained.
(4) If any lifting appliance of the description mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) has been thoroughly examined or tested and thoroughly examined, as the case may be, in accordance with those paragraphs but has since undergone substantial repair, re-erection, failure, overturning or collapse, the owner of the lifting appliance shall ensure that it is not used unless it has been further tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner, and there has been obtained from him in respect of the test and thorough examination a certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order.
(5) If any crane, crab or winch has been tested and thoroughly examined but has since undergone substantial repair, re-erection, failure, overturning or collapse, the owner of the crane, crab or winch shall ensure that it is not used unless it has been further tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner, and there has been obtained from him in respect of the test and thorough examination a certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order.
(L.N. 285 of 1993)

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(起重機械及起重裝置)規例》

6A. Report by competent examiner
(1) Where a test or a thorough examination under regulation 5 shows that any lifting appliance—
(a) is in safe working order, the competent examiner shall deliver the certificate issued under regulation 5(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) to the owner of the lifting appliance within 28 days after the test or the thorough examination; or
(b) cannot be used safely unless certain repairs are carried out, the competent examiner shall immediately inform the owner of the lifting appliance of that fact and shall, within 14 days after the test or the thorough examination, deliver a report to the owner of the lifting appliance and a copy of it to the Commissioner.
(2) Where the owner of the lifting appliance is informed under paragraph (1)(b) that repairs must be carried out he shall ensure that the lifting appliance is not used until the repairs have been effected.
(L.N. 285 of 1993)

7A. Periodical inspection by a competent person
The owner of a lifting appliance shall ensure that it is not used unless it has been inspected within the preceding 7 days by a competent person and the competent person has given the owner a certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that the lifting appliance is in safe working order.
(L.N. 285 of 1993)

7B. Automatic safe load indicator required
(1) The owner of a crane shall ensure that it is not used unless it is fitted with an automatic safe load indicator that—
(a) functions properly;
(b) has been tested by a competent examiner on each occasion that a test and thorough examination of the crane is required under regulation 5 and the competent examiner has given the owner a certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that the automatic safe load indicator is in good working order; and
(c) has been inspected by a competent person and determined to be in safe working order during each inspection of the crane required under regulation 7A and the competent person has given the owner a certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that the automatic safe load indicator is in good working order.
(2) This regulation does not apply to a crane with a maximum safe working load of 1 tonne or less or a crane that operates with a grab or any electro magnetic means. (L.N. 23 of 1994)
(L.N. 285 of 1993)

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(起重機械及起重裝置)規例》

7C. Poles or beams supporting pulley blocks or gin wheels
The owner of any pulley block or gin wheel which is suspended from or supported by a pole or beam shall ensure that the block or wheel is not used for raising or lowering any load unless—
(a) it is effectively secured to the pole or beam; and
(b) the pole or beam is—
(i) of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is intended to be used; and
(ii) adequately and properly secured so as to support the block or wheel and the load with safety and to prevent undue movement of the pole or beam.
(L.N. 285 of 1993)

7D. Stability of lifting appliances
(1) Before a lifting appliance is used at or moved in an industrial undertaking, the owner of the appliance shall take appropriate precautions to ensure its stability.
(2) The owner of a crane shall, for the purpose of securing the stability of the crane, ensure that before use—
(a) the crane is securely anchored, or adequately weighted by suitable ballast which is properly placed on the structure of the crane and secured in a manner sufficient to prevent the ballast from being accidentally displaced; and
(b) no part of any rail on which the crane is mounted, or any sleeper supporting such rail, is used as an anchorage.
(L.N. 285 of 1993)