### Boilers and Pressure Vessels Regulations 《鍋爐及壓力容器規例》

14. Requirements with respect to pipes used for conveying fuel to burners
(1) Every pipe used for the purpose of conveying fuel from a pump or gravity tank to the burners in a fuel burning installation shall be constructed of suitable seamless material or, if it is of welded construction, shall be welded in accordance with a recognized engineering standard or code. (87 of 1988 s. 49)
(2) No connection between any such pipe and any other fitting shall be made by means of soft solder.
(3) The flanges of any such pipe that conveys liquid fuel under pressure shall be machined so as, as far as practicable, to be metal to metal, and any jointing shall be of the thinnest material practicable and impervious to oil heated to a temperature of 120o Celsius. (L.N. 107 of 1979; 87 of 1988 s. 49)

15. Flash point of fuels, etc.
Save for the purpose of ignition, no oil or liquid or gaseous fuel that has a flash point of less than 65o Celsius (close test) as determined by a standard type of flash point apparatus shall be used in any installation connected to a boiler.
(L.N. 107 of 1979; 87 of 1988 s. 50)

16. Power of Authority to require taking of additional safety precautions
Without prejudice to any of the provisions of these regulations, where, having regard to the situation of a fuel burning installation or, where the same is situated in an industrial undertaking, to the nature of the business carried on in the industrial undertaking, the Authority considers it necessary, he may require the owner of the fuel burning installation to take such safety precautions as he specifies.
(87 of 1988 s. 51)

17. Offences and penalties
(1) In the event of a contravention of any of the provisions of regulations 2 to 15, both inclusive, the owner of the boiler, steam receiver, air receiver or fuel burning installation, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 3.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with a requirement of the Authority made under regulation 16 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4. (87 of 1988 s. 51)
(L.N. 339 of 1982; E.R. 7 of 2020)

### Boilers and Pressure Vessels Regulations 《鍋爐及壓力容器規例》

18. Fees
(1) A person who applies to be issued with a new certificate of competency or applies to have an existing certificate of competency endorsed by the Authority under section 6(1)(a) or (3A)(a) of the Ordinance, as the case may be, shall pay an application fee of $330.
(2) A person who applies to be issued with a new certificate of competency or applies to have an existing certificate of competency endorsed by the Authority under section 6(1)(b) or (3A)(b) of the Ordinance, as the case may be, shall pay an application fee of $610.
(3) Subject to subregulation (4), application fees paid under this regulation may not be refunded by the Authority.
(4) A person who fails to attend an examination conducted under section 6(6) of the Ordinance shall, at his request, have his application fee refunded by the Authority if he has given not less than 2 days’ advance notice in writing to the Authority of his inability to attend the examination.
(15 of 2002 s. 7)

### Boilers and Pressure Vessels (Exemption) (Consolidation) Order 《鍋爐及壓力容器(豁免)(綜合)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Boilers and Pressure Vessels (Exemption) (Consolidation) Order.
(87 of 1988 s. 57; E.R. 7 of 2020)

2. Exemption
The machines and equipment specified in the Schedule, subject to each of them at all times being maintained in an efficient and safe condition and operated by persons conversant with the safety requirements relating to the particular equipment, are exempted from the provisions of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 58 of 1981)  

### Labour Relations Ordinance 《勞資關係條例》

1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Labour Relations Ordinance.
(2) Part 5 shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Chief Executive in Council by notice in the Gazette. (Amended 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Labour Relations Ordinance 《勞資關係條例》

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
arbitration (仲裁) means arbitration in a trade dispute under Part 3;
arbitration tribunal (仲裁庭) means an arbitration tribunal appointed under section 12;
board of inquiry (調查委員會) means a board of inquiry appointed under section 22;
Commissioner (處長) means the Commissioner for Labour;
conciliation (調停) means a discussion or action initiated or undertaken by a conciliation officer to assist the parties to a trade dispute to reach a settlement of the trade dispute; (Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
conciliation officer (調停員) means an officer of the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department who is authorized by the Commissioner under section 3(c) to initiate or undertake conciliation; (Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
employee (僱員) means any person who has entered into or works under (or, in the case of a contract which has been terminated, worked under) a contract with an employer, whether the contract is by way of manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, is express or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it is a contract of service or apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour;
employer (僱主) means the person by whom an employee is (or, in a case where the employment has ceased, was) employed;
mediator (調解員) means a single mediator or a board of mediation appointed under section 11A; (Added 76 of 1997 s. 2. Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
party (一方) means a party to a trade dispute;
special conciliation (特別調停) means a discussion or action initiated or undertaken by a special conciliation officer to assist the parties to a trade dispute to reach a settlement of the trade dispute; (Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
special conciliation officer (特派調停員) means a senior officer of the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department, or any other public officer or person, who is authorized by the Commissioner under section 5 to initiate or undertake special conciliation; (Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
trade dispute (勞資糾紛) means any dispute or difference between employers and employees, or between employees and employees, connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of employment, or with the conditions of or affecting employment, of any person.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)