GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION ORDINANCE

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 54





CHAPTER 54

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION

To make provision for the periodical examination of gasholders.

[14th April, 1938.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Gasholders Examination
Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires'gasholder- means a gasholder which has a storage capacity of
not less than 5,000 cubic feet or 142 cubic metres and which is used for
the storage of gas at a pressure not exceeding one pound per square
inch gauge or 0.07 kilogrammes per square centimetre. (Added, 1 of
1972, s. 2)

3. The Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe or provide
for the periodical examination of gasholders.

4. Regulations under section 3 may provide that if the proprietors of
any gasholder in the Colony wilfully fail to carry out any requirement of
any such regulation they, and where the proprietors are a corporation
every director and manager thereof, shall be severally guilty of an
offence, and such regulations may prescribe penalties therefor:

Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed a fine of fifty
thousand dollars.

(Amended, 1 of 1972, s. 3)

5. The Governor in Council may at any time call upon the
proprietors of any gasholder in the Colony to show cause why the said
gasholder should not be declared unfit for use. If on being so called
upon the proprietors fail to show such cause to the satisfaction of the
Governor in Council, the Governor in Council may by order declare the
gasholder unfit for use; and if, whilst such order remains unrevoked, the
gasholder is used to hold gas the proprietors, and where the proprietors
are a corporation every director and manager thereof, shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand
dollars for each day during which the offence continues.

(Amended, 1 of 1972, s. 4)
Originally 1 of 1938. (Cap. 54, 1950.) 1 of 1972. Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalty for breach of regulations. Power of Governor in Council to declare a gasholder unfit for use.

Originally 1 of 1938. (Cap. 54, 1950.) 1 of 1972. Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalty for breach of regulations. Power of Governor in Council to declare a gasholder unfit for use.

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