### Aerial Ropeways (Operation and Maintenance) Regulations 《架空纜車(操作及保養)規例》

18. Aerial ropeway not to be operated during maintenance
The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that—
(a) the ropeway is not operated when any work is being carried out on any trestle; and
(b) the ropeway is not operated for the carriage of members of the public when any other repair or maintenance work is being carried out.

19. Maintenance schedules
(1) The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall, within the period specified in paragraph (5), submit for the approval of the Director a written schedule of the systematic maintenance of all parts of the ropeway, which schedule shall include intervals between the inspection, lubrication and adjustment of—
(a) all ropes, including an examination for broken wires and the gauging of circumferences; (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(b) all sheave trains, sheaves, bushes, pins and all bearings;
(c) the drive system, including auxiliary and stand-by drive systems, braking systems and generators; (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(d) the communication systems;
(e) all electric circuits, controls and switchgear;
(f) all cars, including hangers, grips and car doors; (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(g) trestle structures and foundations;
(h) earthing cables; and
(i) station buildings.
(2) The Director may require any maintenance schedule submitted to him under paragraph (1) to be amended before he approves it.
(3) Where the Director has approved any maintenance schedule, he may require the competent person in charge of the aerial ropeway to amend that schedule.
(4) Where the Director has approved a maintenance schedule submitted to him under paragraph (1), the competent person in charge of the aerial ropeway to which the schedule relates—
(a) shall not permit any deviation therefrom without the approval of the Director; and (L.N. 240 of 1981)
(b) shall ensure that the ropeway is maintained in accordance with that schedule, as from time to time amended.
(5) A maintenance schedule under paragraph (1) shall be submitted—
(a) in the case of a new aerial ropeway, within 1 month after the commencement of operations; or
(b) in the case of an existing aerial ropeway, within 1 month after the commencement* of this Part.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 December 1977.

### Aerial Ropeways (Operation and Maintenance) Regulations 《架空纜車(操作及保養)規例》

20. Annual and quarterly examinations
(1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that the examination specified in paragraph (3) are carried out by a surveyor at least once every 12 months, the first such examinations being carried out not later than 14 months from the date of the Director’s approval, under section 16 of the Ordinance, of the commencement of operation.
(2) The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall carry out the examinations specified in paragraph (3A) at least once every 3 months, but shall not carry out such examinations on a day on which a surveyor is carrying out such examinations for the purposes of paragraph (1).
(3) The examinations for the purposes of paragraph (1) are examinations of— (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(a) all ropes, including gauging the circumference, visual examinations over the whole length and defectograph readings over the entire length of the carrying-hauling rope, hauling rope and track rope;
(b) the car hangers and grips, including the actuating and checking mechanisms;
(c) the sheave trains, sheaves, bushes, pins and beams located on trestles;
(d) the sheaves, bushes and pins at the incoming and outgoing trains located at stations;
(e) the main, auxiliary and stand-by drives and braking systems;
(f) all electric circuits, controls, switchgear and earthing arrangements;
(g) car door locking devices and cars for deformation, broken or loose windows and size of apertures;
(h) trestles and foundations, including torque loaded bolts on trestle heads;
(i) car carriage and rope speed synchronizing equipment; and
(j) any other apparatus, device or machinery as may be required by the Director.
(3A) The examinations for the purposes of paragraph (2) are the examinations referred to in paragraph (3) but does not include any visual examination or defectograph readings over the carrying-hauling rope, hauling rope or track rope. (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) the Director may require the examinations referred to in paragraph (3) or (3A) to be carried out at any time if, in his opinion, the condition of the ropeway or any part thereof is such as to require examination.
(5) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that a report of every examination required under this regulation, prepared by the surveyor or competent person making the examination, is sent to the Director as soon as reasonably possible after such examination is completed. (L.N. 240 of 1981)

(L.N. 122 of 2003)

### Aerial Ropeways (Operation and Maintenance) Regulations 《架空纜車(操作及保養)規例》

21. Prohibition on use of certain ropes
The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that no rope shall be used in the operation of the ropeway—
(a) if the diameter of the rope has been reduced by 10 per cent or more of its diameter at the time it was first installed; or (L.N. 122 of 2003)
(b) in which the number of broken wires in any length equal to 30 times the diameter of the rope exceeds 10 per cent of the total number of wires.

22. Visual examination of carrying-hauling rope and hauling rope by competent person
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 23(2), the competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway that has a carrying-hauling rope or hauling rope shall examine the rope visually—
(a) prior to the commencement of operation; and
(b) where the ropeway has been put into operation, at intervals not exceeding 30 days,
but the examination shall not be carried out on a day on which a surveyor carries out a visual examination or takes defectograph readings in respect of the rope under regulation 20.
(2) Where deterioration or other changes affecting the strength of the carrying-hauling rope or hauling rope have set in, the Director may require the competent person in charge of the aerial ropeway to examine the rope visually at such other times as the Director may determine.
(3) The competent person in charge of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that, at the time the examination is carried out under paragraph (1) or (2), the carrying-hauling rope or hauling rope is run at a speed not exceeding 0.3 m a second.
(4) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall ensure that a report of every examination required to be carried out under this regulation, prepared by the competent person carrying out the examination, is sent to the Director as soon as reasonably possible after the examination is completed.
(L.N. 122 of 2003)