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Article 4

PART II. GENERAL PROVISIONS

The Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Chapter 59 and its subsidiary legislation provide

provide for various measures to prevent occupational hazards in the working environment due to air pollution. The ordinance and the regulations are applicable to industrial undertakings as defined in section 2 of the ordinance. The provisions include the following:

(a) Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance

Section 11 generally provides a magistrate with power to prohibit or prevent the operation of any machinery or. process which cause risk of bodily injury. :

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(b) Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations. -

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Regulation 33 requires the provision of adequate ventilation and protection against inhalation of dust, fume or other impurities that may be injurious to health.

(c) Factories and Industrial

Regulations -

Regulation

Undertakings (Confined Spaces)

6 requires any person entering confined spaces where dangerous fumes are present to wear breathing apparatus. * Regulation 9 provides for the supply of breathing and reviving apparatuses.

(a) Factories and Industrial Undertakings

Abrasives) Special Regulations -

(Blasting by

Regulation 3 prohibits the use of sand or any other material containing free silica for blasting processes unless special permission has been given.

(e) Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Notification of

Occupational Diseases) Regulations

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This set of regulations requires medical practitioners report cases of occupational diseases. This will ensure early detection of the cause of such diseases, including airborne contaminants in the working environment.