### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

20. Prevention of electrical accident
(1) An owner of an electrical installation shall not connect to his installation anything that he knows or ought reasonably to know is likely to cause an electrical accident.
(2) Proof that a defendant connected something to his electrical installation that was likely to cause an electrical accident is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the defendant knew or ought reasonably to have known that his connection of the thing was likely to cause an electrical accident.
(3) If an owner knows that the condition of his electrical installation is likely to cause an electrical accident he shall immediately have it rectified.

21. Generating facility registration
(1) The owner of a generating facility that is in use or on standby use shall register it with the Director unless it—
(a) is used on an aircraft;
(b) is used on a watercraft;
(c) is used on a hovercraft;
(d) is on a land vehicle where the facility is not connected to a wiring installation outside the vehicle;
(e) is used in construction work as defined and regulated under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59);
(f) forms part of an electrical installation that requires a periodic test certificate to be submitted to the Director under this Ordinance; or
(g) only supplies electricity to an electrical installation that is owned by the owner of the generating facility.
(2) The Director shall issue a certificate of registration to the owner of a generating facility registered by him under this section.
(3) An owner of a registered generating facility shall display at the facility a copy of the certificate of registration.
(4) No person shall use an unregistered generating facility that is required to be registered under this section.

22. Maintenance of generating facility
An owner of a registered generating facility and an owner of a generating facility referred to in section 21(1)(e), (f) or (g) shall—
(a) maintain the generating facility in continuous safe working order; and
(b) unless there is no registered electrical contractor in a case where section 35(3) applies, display at the facility a notice showing the name and registration number of the registered electrical contractor employed for the purpose of paragraph (a).

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

23. Cancellation of registration
(1) Where the Director considers that there is evidence that the owner of a registered generating facility has failed to rectify the generating facility within a time specified in a notice under section 5(1) or has failed to comply with section 21(3) or 22, he shall notify the owner specifying the evidence and advising the owner that he is entitled to a hearing or to submit a written representation and that if he intends to request a hearing or submit a representation he must do so within 4 weeks after the date of the Director’s notice.
(2) Where the Director does not, within 4 weeks after the date of the notice sent under subsection (1), receive from the owner a request for a hearing, he may, after considering any written representation received from the owner, cancel the registration of the owner’s generating facility.
(3) Where the Director, within 4 weeks after the date of the notice sent under subsection (1), receives from the owner a request for a hearing, he shall afford the owner a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

(4) After the hearing or, where the owner fails without reasonable excuse to attend at the time set by the Director for the hearing, the Director may cancel the registration.
(5) The Director shall notify the owner of his decision and the reasons for it.

24. Exemption
(1) (Repealed 12 of 1997 s. 3)(2) Where the Director is satisfied that an electrical product is not hazardous, he may, by notice in the Gazette, exempt it from any or all of the provisions of this Ordinance that relate to electrical products. (Amended 12 of 1997 s. 3)

25. Prohibition of electrical products
(1) Where the Director considers that an electrical product does not meet the prescribed safety requirements he may by notice in the Gazette prohibit its use or supply. (Amended 12 of 1997 s. 4)
(2) Where, after 3 days have elapsed from the date of the Gazette containing the Director’s notice prohibiting the supply of an electrical product under subsection (1), a person supplies the product, the Director may seize it if, at the time of seizure, the supply of the product is still prohibited. (Replaced 12 of 1997 s. 4)
(3) If no notice of appeal from the Director’s seizure of the product has been delivered within the time required under section 43(2), or where the Director’s action is upheld by the appeal board, the Director may dispose of the seized product without compensation to its owner.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

25A. Compensation for seizure and detention
(1) Where an electrical product is seized under section 25(2), the Government shall, subject to section 25(3) and this section, be liable to compensate the owner of the electrical product for any loss or damage suffered by him as a result of the seizure.
(2) In a proceeding against the Government in respect of a claim for compensation under subsection (1), the amount of the compensation recoverable shall be such amount as is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case, including the conduct and comparative blameworthiness of—
(a) the owner of the electrical product;
(b) the person in charge or control of the electrical product at the time it was seized;
(c) the agents of the persons specified in paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(d) public officers and other persons concerned.
(3) No proceedings shall be maintainable in respect of a claim for compensation under subsection (1) unless—
(a) (i) an appeal has been made to the appeal board under section 43; and
(ii) the appeal board has not confirmed the action of the Director to seize an electrical product under section 25(2) and has ordered the Director to return the seized electrical product; and
(b) the proceedings are commenced within 6 months after the date of such order.
(4) A claim for compensation under this section may be made—
(a) in the Small Claims Tribunal, for claims up to the maximum jurisdiction of the Tribunal; or
(b) in the District Court, irrespective of the amount claimed.
(Added 12 of 1997 s. 5)

26. Entry and inspection
For the purpose of section 27 or for ascertaining compliance with this Ordinance in relation to electrical products the Director may without notice enter premises, other than domestic premises, during reasonable hours to inspect electrical products and he may examine any process or procedure (including arrangements for carrying out a test) connected with the production of electrical products.

27. Electrical product testing
(1) Where the Director has reasonable cause to suspect that in relation to an electrical product this Ordinance has been contravened he may remove the electrical product from premises other than domestic premises and retain the electrical product for testing.
(2) After testing the retained electrical product, the Director shall return it to its owner or to the premises from which it was removed along with a notice of whether the product complies with this Ordinance.
(3) Where the electrical product tested under subsection (1) is determined by the Director to be not in compliance with this Ordinance, the owner of the electrical product is, if the Director so notifies him when the product is returned, liable to the Government for the cost of testing the product and the cost is recoverable as a civil debt.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

28. Power to obtain information
Where the Director has reasonable cause to suspect that in relation to an electrical product this Ordinance has been contravened he may by notice—
(a) require a person to give him information respecting the origin and destination of the product; and
(b) in the case of a person carrying on or employed in a business, require him to produce documents that relate to the origin and destination of the product.

29. Electrical product offences
(1) No person shall supply an electrical product— (Amended 12 of 1997 s. 6)
(a) that is prohibited under section 25; or
(b) for which no certificate of safety compliance has been issued as required by regulations respecting electrical product safety.
(2) No person shall use an electrical product that he knows is prohibited under section 25.
(3) In a prosecution under subsection (2) proof that a defendant used a prohibited electrical product is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the defendant knew that the electrical product was prohibited.