LEGISLATION RELATING TO LIFTS AND HOISTS
58. The Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance, 1960, administered by the Director of Public Works, lays down requirements for the periodical maintenance by a registered lift contractor and periodical tests and examina- tions by a registered lift engineer of lifts covered by the Ordinance. In Section 2 of the Ordinance a lift is defined as meaning a lifting machine or appli le having a car or platform the direction of movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides.
59. Safety precautions in respect to chain blocks, tackles, derricks and hoists in registrable workplaces not covered by the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance are prescribed under the Factories and Industrial Under- takings Ordinance.
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CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE, 1959
CONTROL OF SMOKE-PRODUCING EQUIPMENT. Under the Clean Air Ordinance, 1959, smoke must not be emitted from any furnace, oven, chimney, or industrial plant in such a manner that, either alone or in conjunction with other emissions of smoke, it causes a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood or imperils the safety of aircraft.
61. In arcas gazetted as smoke control areas, stricter standards apply. It is an offence to install or operate any furnace, oven, or chimney which is not capable of being operated continuously without emitting more than a prescribed minimum amount of smoke or to cause dark smoke to be emitted for more than six minutes in any period of four hours or for more than three minutes continuously at any one time.
62. The Ordinance provides for areas known as scheduled areas to be set aside for trades which by their nature cannot be conducted without a certain amount of smoke. Proprietors of factories situated in areas gazetted as scheduled areas must comply with any requirements of a competent authority if smoke emitted from their factories imperils the safety of aircraft but are otherwise only liable to proceedings if they cause more smoke to be emitted than is necessary or if excessive smoke is due to faulty operation or defects of their plant.
63. All Factory Inspectors are appointed as smoke abatement officers for the purposes of the Clean Air Ordinance and will give advice to proprietors of industrial undertakings in regard to their rights and obligations under the Ordinance and to methods of reducing smoke emission.
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