11.
Motion by the Hon. Darwin CHEN, JP,
Commissioner for Labour
in the Legislative Council on 24 July 1985
Factories and Industrial Undertakings
(Fire Precautions in Registrable Workplaces) (Amendment) Regulations 1985
Sir,
I move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
The motion seeks this Council's approval of the Factories
and Industrial Undertakings (Fire Precautions in Registrable
Workplaces) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, made by me on 12 June
In accordance with Section 7(3) of the Factories and
Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, these regulations have been
submitted to the Governor and are now referred to this Council
1985.
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for approval.
Since the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Fire
Precautions in Registrable Workplaces) Regulations came into
operation in 1981, experience has shown that some of the
Regulations are unclear and difficult to interpret.
Existing Regulation 4(1) (d) requires every door leading
out of a registrable workplace to have a fire resisting period
of at least half an hour. In cases where the material of the
door needs to be tested to determine its fire resisting period,
difficulties have arisen. The amended Regulation specifies
the types of doors which are acceptable by reference to material,
thickness and standard of construction. The amendment does not
alter the fire resistance standard required, but will make the
Regulation easier for factory proprietors to comply with and
for the Factory Inspectorate to enforce.
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