### Justices of the Peace Ordinance 《太平紳士條例》

7. Resignation
A justice of the peace may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing addressed to the Chief Executive, and he shall cease to be a justice of the peace from the date specified in the notice or, if no date is specified, from the date of the receipt by the Chief Executive of the notice.
(Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)

8. Amendment of Schedule
The Chief Executive may by notice in the Gazette amend Schedule 1.
(Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)

9. Transitional
(1) A person who immediately before the commencement* of this Ordinance held an appointment as a justice of the peace shall remain, as from such commencement but subject to the terms and conditions of that appointment, to be a justice of the peace as if—
(a) in the case of an Official Justice of the Peace, that appointment had been made under section 3(1)(a) and had become effective;
(b) in the case of a Non-official Justice of the Peace, that appointment had been made under section 3(1)(b) and had become effective; or
(c) in the case of a New Territories Justice of the Peace, that appointment had been made under section 3(2) and had become effective,
and the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply accordingly.
(2) A judge, a District Judge (including a deputy District Judge) or a magistrate who immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance was a justice of the peace by virtue of his office shall cease to be a justice of the peace on the commencement of this Ordinance.
(3) In this section—
Non-official Justice of the Peace (非官守太平紳士) means a person appointed to be a Non-official Justice of the Peace by the Governor prior to the commencement of this Ordinance;
Official Justice of the Peace (官守太平紳士) means a person appointed to be an Official Justice of the Peace by the Governor prior to the commencement of this Ordinance.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 30 May 1997.

10. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2019)

### Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance 《職業安全及健康條例》

1. Short title
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2018)

2. Purposes of Ordinance
The purposes of this Ordinance are as follows—
(a) to ensure the safety and health of employees when they are at work;
(b) to prescribe measures that will contribute to making the workplaces of employees safer and healthier for them;
(c) to improve the safety and health standards applicable to certain hazardous processes, plant and substances used or kept in workplaces;
(d) generally to improve the safety and health aspects of working environments of employees.

### Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance 《職業安全及健康條例》

4. Application of Ordinance to certain persons
This Ordinance applies to independent contractors and self-employed persons only in their capacity as employers or as occupiers of premises where workplaces are located.

5. Ordinance to bind Government
(1) This Ordinance binds the Government.
(2) Neither the Government nor any public officer in the officer’s capacity as such is liable to be prosecuted for an offence against this Ordinance.

6. Employers to ensure safety and health of employees
(1) Every employer must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure the safety and health at work of all the employer’s employees.
(2) The cases in which an employer fails to comply with subsection (1) include (but are not limited to) the following—
(a) a failure to provide or maintain plant and systems of work that are, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;
(b) a failure to make arrangements for ensuring, so far as reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage or transport of plant or substances;
(c) a failure to provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as may be necessary to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the safety and health at work of the employer’s employees;
(d) as regards any workplace under the employer’s control—
(i) a failure to maintain the workplace in a condition that is, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health; or
(ii) a failure to provide or maintain means of access to and egress from the workplace that are, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without any such risks;
(e) a failure to provide or maintain a working environment for the employer’s employees that is, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.
(3) An employer who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable— (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 65)
(a) on summary conviction—to a fine of $3,000,000; or
(b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine of $10,000,000. (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 65)
(4) An employer who fails to comply with subsection (1) intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable— (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 65)
(a) on summary conviction—to a fine of $3,000,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months; or
(b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine of $10,000,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 65)

### Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance 《職業安全及健康條例》

7. Occupier of premises to ensure safety and health of persons employed at those premises
(1) If an employee’s workplace is located on premises that are not under the control of the employee’s employer, the occupier of the premises must ensure that—
(a) the premises; and
(b) the means of access to and egress from the premises; and
(c) any plant or substances kept at the premises,
are, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.
(2) An occupier who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable— (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 66)
(a) on summary conviction—to a fine of $3,000,000; or
(b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine of $10,000,000.
(3) An occupier who fails to comply with subsection (1) intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable— (Amended 5 of 2023 s. 66)(a) on summary conviction—to a fine of $3,000,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months; or
(b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine of $10,000,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(Amended 5 of 2023 s. 66)

8. Employees at work to take care of others and to co-operate with employer
(1) An employee while at work—
(a) must, so far as reasonably practicable, take care for the safety and health of persons (including the employee) who are at the employee’s workplace and who may be affected by the employee’s acts or omissions at work; and
(b) as regards any requirement imposed in the interests of safety or health on the employee’s employer or any other person by this or any other Ordinance, must, so far as reasonably practicable, co-operate with the employer or other person so far as may be necessary to enable the requirement to be complied with.
(2) An employee who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $150,000.
(3) An employee who fails to comply with subsection (1) intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $150,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended 5 of 2023 s. 67)