### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Goods Lifts) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(載貨升降機)規例》

12. Offences by competent examiners
(1) A competent examiner who, having carried out an examination for the purposes of these regulations, fails to comply with regulation 5(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5. (5 of 2023 s. 42)
(1A) A competent examiner who, having carried out an examination for the purposes of these regulations, fails to sign, within a reasonable time after the examination, all entries in the relevant register kept under regulation 6(1) relating to the examination in compliance with regulation 6(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3. (5 of 2023 s. 42)
(2) Any competent examiner who, having carried out any examination for the purposes of these regulations—
(a) delivers to the owner or makes a report of the examination; or
(b) signs an entry in the register kept under regulation 6(1),
that the examiner knows is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 12 months. (71 of 1989 s. 13; 5 of 2023 s. 42)
(L.N. 325 of 1981; L.N. 33 of 1994; E.R. 1 of 2013)

13. Saving
The provisions of these regulations shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any of the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123).

### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Quarries (Safety) Regulations.

### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

3. Application for approval as supervisor
(1) An application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry shall be made by that person in the prescribed form. (See First Schedule, Form 1)

4. Grounds for approval of supervisor
(1) Where, on an application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry, the Commissioner for Labour is satisfied that the applicant—
(a) is not less than 30 years of age;
(b) has had not less than 5 years practical experience in work in quarries; and
(c) is competent to be an approved supervisor of the quarry for the purposes of these regulations,
and that the proprietor consents to the approval of the applicant, the Commissioner for Labour may approve the applicant as a supervisor of the quarry.
(2) Where the Commissioner for Labour approves under paragraph (1) any applicant who has specified under regulation 3(3) a date before which the applicant does not desire such approval to come into effect, such approval shall come into effect on the date so specified.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), every approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) shall come into effect immediately.
(4) Where, at the time that any approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) comes into effect, the applicant so approved is an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of any other quarry, the approval of the applicant in respect of such other quarry shall be deemed thereupon to be withdrawn.
(5) Where the approval of any supervisor or deputy supervisor of a quarry is deemed to be withdrawn under paragraph (4), the Commissioner shall forthwith notify the proprietor of such quarry in writing, in English and in Chinese, that such approval has been so withdrawn.

5. Application for approval as deputy supervisor
(1) An application for the approval of any person as a deputy supervisor of a quarry shall be made by that person in the prescribed form. (See First Schedule, Form 1)

### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

6. Grounds for approval of deputy supervisor
(1) Where, on an application for the approval of any person as a deputy supervisor of a quarry, the Commissioner for Labour is satisfied that the applicant—
(a) is not less than 25 years of age;
(b) has had not less than 3 years practical experience in work in quarries; and
(c) is competent to be an approved deputy supervisor of the quarry for the purposes of these regulations,
and that the proprietor consents to the approval of the applicant, the Commissioner for Labour may approve the applicant as a deputy supervisor of the quarry.
(2) Where the Commissioner for Labour approves under paragraph (1) any applicant who has specified under regulation 5(3) a date before which the applicant does not desire such approval to come into effect, such approval shall come into effect on the date so specified.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), every approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) shall come into effect immediately.
(4) Where, at the time that any approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) comes into effect, the applicant so approved is an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of any other quarry, the approval of the applicant in respect of such other quarry shall be deemed thereupon to be withdrawn.
(5) Where the approval of any supervisor or deputy supervisor of a quarry is deemed to be withdrawn under paragraph (4), the Commissioner shall forthwith notify the proprietor of such quarry in writing, in English and in Chinese, that such approval has been so withdrawn.

7. Commissioner to serve notice of decision on applicant
(1) Where the Commissioner for Labour approves or refuses to approve any person as a supervisor or deputy supervisor under regulation 4(1) or regulation 6(1), the Commissioner shall forthwith notify that person in writing, in English and in Chinese, of his decision.
(2) Where the Commissioner for Labour refuses to approve any person as a supervisor or deputy supervisor, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall include—
(a) a statement of the reasons of the Commissioner for Labour for his refusal; and
(b) an endorsement which shall set out the provisions of this regulation and of regulations 11, 12 and 13.
(3) Any person whom the Commissioner for Labour refuses to approve as a supervisor or deputy supervisor under regulation 4(1) or regulation 6(1) may appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board. (6 of 1994 s. 37)