1983 Ed.]

Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations [CAP. 295

157. No licence shall be granted or renewed by the Authority for the storage of dangerous goods unless the Authority is satisfied in relation to the store that-

(a) the site of the store and the plan referred to in regulation 156 have been approved by him and the construction of the store conforms to the plan;

(b) in the case of an application for a licence to store celluloid or film-

(i) the walls, flooring and ceiling of the store are constructed of brick, masonry or reinforced concrete of thickness not less than 150 mm;

(ii) the doors are self-closing and open outwards, except in the case of sliding doors;

(iii) the store has no windows but is fitted with an efficient explosion hatch;

(iv) the store is adequately ventilated; and

(v) the word "celluloid" or "film", as the case may be, is conspicuously displayed in English and Chinese on the outside of any door leading into the store; and

(c) the store is provided with such fire extinguishing equipment as he may require.

158. (1) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any dangerous goods in category 8 in any store together with any goods other than dangerous goods in that category.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), no person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, in any store, any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation together with any substance specified opposite thereto in the second column of the table in the same enclosed compartment.

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[Subsidiary]

Conditions for grant of licence.

L.N. 119/83.

Restriction on the storage together of certain substances in stores.

TABLE

Celluloid
Film (nitrocellulose based) } any other goods.

159. (1) No person shall store or convey, or cause or permit to be stored or conveyed, any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation unless such substance is contained in main or inner packing, as the case may be, of a type specified for that substance in the second column of the table.

(2) No person shall fill any container, or cause or permit any container to be filled, with any quantity of any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation greater than the maximum quantity or net weight thereof specified in the third column of the table opposite the type of packing specified for that substance in the second column of the table.

General provisions relating to storage, conveyance and packing of dangerous goods in category 8.

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