### Gas Safety (Registration of Gas Supply Companies) Regulations

23. Appeals to appeal board
(1) Any company aggrieved by—
(a) a decision of the Authority—
(i) under regulation 7(1)(a) in any case where regulation 7(3) applies; or
(ii) under regulation 7(1)(b); or
(b) disciplinary action taken against it,
may appeal to an appeal board against that decision or disciplinary action, as the case may be.
(2) An appeal under this regulation shall—
(a) be in writing;
(b) set out the details of or be accompanied by—
(i) in the case of a decision under regulation 7(1)(a) or (b), the notice under regulation 7(1) concerned; and
(ii) in the case of disciplinary action, the notices under regulations 20(4) and 21(1)(a) concerned; and
(c) be commenced within 30 days after—
(i) the decision appealed against was made; or
(ii) the disciplinary action appealed against has taken effect,
as the case may be; and
(d) be delivered to the Secretary.
(3) A company which appeals under this regulation shall deliver to the Authority notice of, and the grounds for, the appeal.
(4) Subject to subregulation (5), a decision referred to in subregulation (1) or disciplinary action shall take effect immediately, notwithstanding that an appeal has been or may be made under this regulation against that decision or disciplinary action.
(5) Where an appeal is made under this regulation against disciplinary action referred to in regulation 20(1)(a), (b) or (c), the Authority may suspend that disciplinary action upon such terms as he thinks fit and, for that purpose, the Authority shall have such powers as are necessary to give effect to that suspension.

24. Register
(1) The Authority shall keep in the approved form a register which shall contain—
(a) the name, address for service by post, date of registration and registration number of every registered gas supply company;
(b) in respect of each registered gas supply company, the address of every premises at which the company carries on business as a gas supply company; and
(c) such other particulars in respect of registered gas supply companies as the Authority thinks fit.
(2) The Authority may make such alterations to the particulars entered in the register as he thinks fit to ensure the accuracy of the register.

### Gas Safety (Registration of Gas Supply Companies) Regulations

25. Inspection of register
(1) The register shall be kept at the office of the Authority or at such other place as may be notified by the Authority by notice in the Gazette.
(2) Any person shall be entitled—
(a) to inspect the register during ordinary office hours and take copies of any entry therein; and
(b) on payment of a fee of $20, to obtain from the Authority a copy, certified by or under the authority of the Authority to be correct, of any entry in the register.

26. Advertising
No person shall advertise or otherwise hold itself out as a gas supply company unless it is a registered gas supply company.

27. Lost, etc. certificates of registration
Where the certificate of registration issued to any registered gas supply company has been lost, defaced or destroyed, the Authority may, upon payment of a fee of $150, issue to the company another certificate of registration in like terms, and any such document so issued shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be deemed to have been issued under regulation 8.

28. Voluntary surrender of certificate of registration
(1) Subject to this regulation, a registered gas supply company may surrender its certificate of registration by lodging it at the office of the Authority.
(2) The surrender of a certificate of registration under subregulation (1) shall not have effect until the gas supply company to which that document was issued is served with a notice by the Authority stating that the Authority accepts the surrender of such certificate.
(3) The Authority may refuse to accept the surrender of a certificate of registration under subregulation (1) where the gas supply company to which that certificate was issued has been served a notice under regulation 21(1)(a) unless and until the complaint to which that notice relates has been disposed of by the Authority—
(a) taking disciplinary action; or
(b) refusing to take disciplinary action,
against that company.
(4) Immediately upon the surrender of a certificate of registration under subregulation (1) having effect in accordance with subregulation (2), the gas supply company to which that document was issued shall cease to be a registered gas supply company, but shall remain liable for—
(a) an act or omission done, caused, permitted or made by it prior to the surrender; and
(b) a liability incurred by it under the Ordinance prior to the surrender.

### Gas Safety (Registration of Gas Supply Companies) Regulations

30. Exemptions
(1) The Authority may exempt in writing any person from any of the provisions of these regulations specified in such exemption—
(a) where the Authority is of the opinion that the safety of members of the public will not be prejudiced by such exemption; and
(b) subject to such reasonable conditions as the Authority thinks fit specified in such exemption.
(2) The Authority may by notice in the Gazette exempt any class of persons from any of the provisions of these regulations specified in such exemption—
(a) where the Authority is of the opinion that the safety of members of the public will not be prejudiced by such exemption; and
(b) subject to such reasonable conditions as the Authority thinks fit specified in such exemption.

### Gas Safety (Registration of Gas Installers and Gas Contractors) Regulations

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Gas Safety (Registration of Gas Installers and Gas Contractors) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“applicant” (申請人)—
(a) in relation to Part III, means a person who has made an application under regulation 5; and
(b) in relation to Part VI, means a person who has made an application under regulation 14;

“application” (申請)—
(a) in relation to Part III, means an application under regulation 5; and
(b) in relation to Part VI, means an application under regulation 14;

“certificate of registration” (註冊證明書) means a certificate of registration issued or deemed to have been issued under regulation 17;
“class” (類別), in relation to gas installation work, means a class of gas installation work specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
“disciplinary action” (紀律處分) means any of the actions which the Authority may take under regulation 25(1) against a registered gas installer or gas contractor;
“gas contractor” (氣體工程承辦商) means a person who as a business carries out gas installation work, whether or not—
(a) the person does so alone or in partnership with another person or persons; or
(b) such business is part of or connected with any other business;

“gas installation work” (氣體裝置工程) means the fabrication, connection, disconnection, testing, commissioning, decommissioning, maintenance, repair or replacement of gas fittings, but does not include—
(a) the disconnection of a cylinder, or the connection of a cylinder in place of another cylinder, where such disconnection or connection is made at the pressure-regulator or adaptor directly connected to the cylinder concerned; or
(b) the disconnection or connection of a bunsen burner;

“gas installer” (氣體裝置技工) means an individual who personally carries out gas installation work;
“prescribed qualifications” (訂明資格), in relation to a class of gas installation work, means the qualifications specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in respect of that class;
“register” (註冊紀錄冊) means the register kept under regulation 29;
“registered” (註冊)—
(a) in relation to a gas installer, means registered under regulation 7(1)(a); and
(b) in relation to a gas contractor, means registered under regulation 16(1)(a);

“registration card” (註冊卡) means a registration card issued or deemed to be issued under regulation 8;
“registration document” (註冊文件) means a registration card or certificate of registration.