General regulations relating to storage of manufactured fireworks.
Interpreta- tion.
Particulars to
be specified
in licence.
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40. In any premises where manufactured fireworks are stored – (a) all artificial lighting shall be by incandescent electric lamps
only;
(b) any electric wiring to an electric lamp, if not fixed close to the ceiling or wall, shall be encased in iron piping so as to fiz the lamp in a rigid position not lower than seven feet from the floor;
(c) every electric lamp shall be protected by a strong glass shade
which shall completely cover the lamp:
{d}
no stove, open fire, naked flame or glowing or smouldering substance shall be used:
(e) there shall be displayed at all times, both inside and outside the premises, in English and Chinese the word "FIREWORKS" in black letters or characters on a red background; (f) there shall be displayed at all times inside the premises jo English and Chinese, the words, "NO SMOKING" in red letters and characters on a white ground. Such letters and characters shall be not less than four inches high.
Manufacture of gunpowder and fireworks.
41. In regulations 42 to 62 inclusive and 86- "factory" means any premises on which gunpowder or fireworks an
Danufactured.
42. Any Ikence for the manufacture of gunpowder or fireworks shall include a plan (drawn to scale) of the factory and shall specify such of the following matters as are applicable--
(a) the boundaries of the land forming the site of the factory and either any belt of land surrounding the site which is to be kept clear and the buildings and works from which it is to be kept clear, or the distances to be maintained between the factory or any part thereof and other buildings and works. (b) the situation, character and construction of all the buiklings and works which may be on or connected with the factory and the distances thereof from each other:
(c) the nature of the process which may be carried on in the factory and in each part thereof, and the place at which each process of the manufacture and each description of the work connected with the factory may be carried on, and the places in the factory at which gunpowder or fireworks and any ingredients of gunpowder or fireworks, and any articles which are liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable or other wise dangerous, may be kept;
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( the amount of gunpowder or fireworks and of ingredients there- of, wholly or partly mixed, which may, at the same time, be in or near any building or machine or used in any procESS of the manufacture:
(e) the maximum number of persons which may be employed in
any building or room in the factory.
43. Any gunpowder magazine in any factory shall be situated at Situation of least thirty yards from any other building, whether in the same premises factory
gunpowder or otherwise, and from any public road.
magazine.
44. (1) Any gunpowder magazine in any factory shall be sur- Factory rounded by an earth mound at least eight feet high and two feet wide sunpowder at the top.
magazins to he sur- rounded by
(2) Any opening in such mound shall be closed by a gate which earth mound. shall be covered on one side with stout sheet-iron and secured by a strong lock, and on the outside of which the words "DANGEROUS- EXPLOSIVES” shall be displayed. in English and Chinese, in legible letters and characters.
45. In any factory the words “DANGEROUS-EXPLOSIVES" The words shall be displayed, in English and Chinese, in legible letters and charae. “DANGER-
OUS- ts, in conspicuous places on the inside and outside of any gunpowder EXPLO magazine or building in which gunpowder is mixed, used, handled or SIVES to stored.
be displayed
on the inside and outside of certain factory buildings.
46. (1) In any factory the floor of any gunpowder magazine or Construction building in which gunpowder is mixed, used, handled or stored, shall of doors of
and paths be raised at least twelve inches from the adjoining ground level and between shall be finished with a smooth and even surface.
certain factory
(2) Any path between such magazines or buildings shall be pro- buildings. vided with wooden gratings or gangways to the satisfaction of the Authority.
47. (1) All operations in the manufacture or packing of gun- Construction, powder or fireworks which involve the handling of explosive goods shall etc. of factory
buildings be conducted in a single storey detached building constructed in com in which pliance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
explosives are handled.
(2) Any such building shall not exceed lifteep feet by fifteen feet in size and shall be otherwise constructed to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(3) All locks and bolts in any such building shall be made of brass.
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