### Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations 《建築物(貯油裝置)規例》

6. Procedure for granting or refusing licences
(1) Application for a licence in respect of any oil storage installation shall be made to the Building Authority in the specified form and shall be accompanied by one copy of the operation instructions for the installation and its associated works. (L.N. 349 of 1993)
(2) (Repealed L.N. 349 of 1993)(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Building Authority may, upon payment of a fee of $47,000, grant a licence to the applicant and may impose such terms and conditions in respect thereof as he thinks fit. (L.N. 332 of 1985; L.N. 210 of 1991; L.N. 104 of 1993; L.N. 314 of 1994; L.N. 192 of 1995; L.N. 192 of 1996; L.N. 443 of 1997; L.N. 222 of 2004; L.N. 4 of 2011; L.N. 76 of 2014)
(4) The Building Authority shall not grant a licence in respect of an oil storage installation unless—
(a) the construction of the installation and its associated works has been carried out in accordance with the Ordinance and conforms to plans approved by the Building Authority under the Ordinance;
(b) the installation and its associated works have been constructed in accordance with regulation 3 and tests have been carried out which show that the installation and its associated works have been so constructed; and (L.N. 41 of 1993)
(c) (Repealed L.N. 41 of 1993)(d) the operation instructions for the installation and its associated works are satisfactory for the purpose of minimising the risk of environmental pollution, fire and explosion. (L.N. 336 of 1990)
(5) The Building Authority may at any time by notice in writing served upon the licensee revoke a licence in respect of an oil storage installation on the ground that—
(a) any of the provisions of these regulations has been or is being contravened; or
(b) any term or condition of the licence has not been or is not being complied with by the licensee. (L.N. 41 of 1993)
(L.N. 41 of 1993)

### Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations 《建築物(貯油裝置)規例》

6A. Restriction on amendment of operation instructions
(1) Operation instructions accepted as satisfactory under regulation 6 shall not be amended without the written authorization of the Building Authority.
(2) The Building Authority shall not grant his authorization under paragraph (1) unless the amended operation instructions are satisfactory for the purpose of minimising the risk of environmental pollution, fire and explosion.
(L.N. 41 of 1993)

6B. Operation of installations
Every oil storage installation and its associated works shall be operated in accordance with the latest version of the operation instructions accepted as satisfactory by the Building Authority under the provisions of these regulations.
(L.N. 41 of 1993)

### Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations 《建築物(貯油裝置)規例》

7. Expiry and renewal of licences
(1) A licence shall expire on the expiration of a period of 12 months from the date on which it is granted or renewed.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), a licence may be renewed by the Building Authority upon payment of a fee of $30,300 and the Building Authority may in respect of the renewed licence impose such terms and conditions as he thinks fit. (L.N. 332 of 1985; L.N. 210 of 1991; L.N. 41 of 1993; L.N. 104 of 1993; L.N. 314 of 1994; L.N. 192 of 1995; L.N. 192 of 1996; L.N. 443 of 1997; L.N. 222 of 2004; L.N. 4 of 2011; L.N. 76 of 2014)
(3) Application for renewal of a licence shall be made to the Building Authority in the specified form not less than 2 months prior to the expiry of the licence, and shall be accompanied by the documents referred to in paragraph (4)(a). (L.N. 41 of 1993; L.N. 349 of 1993)
(3A) (Repealed L.N. 349 of 1993)(4) Unless—
(a) there are submitted to the Building Authority in respect of the application for renewal—
(i) adequate records relating to the settlement of all tanks in the installation and its foundation; and 
(ii) a statement setting out the findings and recommendations in each case from a registered structural engineer that he has examined the records relating to the settlement of all tanks in the installation,
during the 12 months preceding the application; and
(b) the recommendations given by a registered structural engineer under these regulations have been carried out,
the Building Authority may, after taking the advice of the Standing Advisory Committee, refuse to renew a licence in respect of an oil storage installation. (L.N. 41 of 1993)

### Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations 《建築物(貯油裝置)規例》

8. Inspection of tanks
(1) The licensee of any oil storage installation shall cause the installation and its associated works to be inspected by or under the supervision of a registered structural engineer as follows—
(a) a general inspection shall be carried out internally not later than the tenth year in the life of each tank, and thereafter an inspection shall be carried out once in every fifth year after the year in which such first-mentioned inspection is carried out; (L.N. 37 of 1983)
(b) an inspection of the external shell of the tank and of the external joint between the tank shell and the bottom plates thereof shall be carried out annually; (L.N. 37 of 1983)
(c) an inspection of the associated works shall be carried out annually, (L.N. 41 of 1993)
and, on completion of any such inspection, the registered structural engineer concerned shall issue to the licensee a certificate of inspection, in such form as the Building Authority may determine, signed by the engineer and setting out the results of the inspection and the recommendations of the engineer, if any, as to the necessity for repairs and the nature and extent thereof or whether the tank or the associated works inspected are in his opinion fit for continued use or as the case may require. (L.N. 41 of 1993)
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Building Authority may by notice in writing require any licensee to cause any inspection referred to in paragraph (1) to be carried out at any time specified in the notice.
(3) Every certificate of inspection issued to a licensee under this regulation shall be delivered forthwith by the licensee to the Building Authority.