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CAP. 2111
Aerial Ropeways (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
Offence to endanger safety of persons using or being near aerial ropeway.
Trespassing on aerial ropeway.
Power of designated employees to give directions.
Power of designated employee to arrest.
(Cap. 232.)
Director may designate employees for purpose of sections 23C and 23D.
(2) The owner of any land, building or structure shall afford such facilities for the inspection referred to in subsection (1) as may be reasonably required by the Director.
PART IIIA
CONDUCT IMPAIRING SAFETY
23A. No person shall wilfully or negligently do or omit to do anything in relation to an aerial ropeway if such act or omission is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway.
23B. (1) No person shall, without lawful excuse, enter any part of an area which is fenced or enclosed for the purposes of an aerial ropeway if at the time of entry sufficient warning notices are posted in respect of that part.
(2) In subsection (1) "sufficient warning notices" means notices in English and Chinese forbidding any member of the public, except in specified circumstances (if any), from entering the relevant part of the area, which notices are posted so as to be readily seen and read by a member of the public before he enters that part.
23C. A designated employee may give to any person using or being in the immediate vicinity of an aerial ropeway any signal or verbal direction for the purpose of preventing any act or omission by such person which is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of the aerial ropeway, and a person to whom any such signal or direction is given shall forthwith comply with the same.
23D. (1) A designated employee may-
(a) require any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23B or who fails to comply with any signal or direction given to him under section 23C to immediately give his correct name and address to the employee;
(b) arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23A or who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (a).
(2) A designated employee who arrests any person under subsection (1) shall take the person forthwith to a police station, to be dealt with there in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance or deliver him into the custody of a police officer for that purpose.
(3) If any person forcibly resists or attempts to evade arrest under this section the designated employee may use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect the arrest.
23E. (1) The Director may designate by name those persons employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway who may exercise the powers conferred on a designated employee by sections 23C and 23D, and may at any time revoke a designation so made.
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CAP. 2111
Aerial Ropeways (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
Offence to endanger safety of persons using or being near aerial ropeway.
Trespassing on aerial ropeway.
Power of designated employees to give directions.
Power of designated employee to
arrest.
(Cap. 232.)
Director may designate
employees for purpose of sections 23C and 23D.
(2) The owner of any land, building or structure shall afford such facilities for the inspection referred to in subsection (1) as may be reasonably required by the Director.
PART IIIA
CONDUCT IMPAIRING SAFETY
23A. No person shall wilfully or negligently do or omit to do anything in relation to an aerial ropeway if such act or omission is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of, the ropeway.
23B. (1) No person shall, without lawful excuse, enter any part of an area which is fenced or enclosed for the purposes of an aerial ropeway if at the time of entry sufficient warning notices are posted in respect of that part.
(2) In subsection (1) "sufficient warning notices" means no- tices in English and Chinese forbidding any member of the public. except in specified circumstances (if any), from entering the relevant part of the area, which notices are posted so as to be readily seen and read by a member of the public before he enters that part.
23C. A designated employee may give to any person using or being in the immediate vicinity of an aerial ropeway any signal or verbal direction for the purpose of preventing any act or omission by such person which is likely to render the ropeway unsafe for persons using, operating, or being in the vicinity of the aerial ropeway, and a person to whom any such signal or direction is given shall forthwith comply with the same.
23D. (1) A designated employee may-
(a) require any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23B or who fails to comply with any signal or direction given to him under section 23C to immediately give his correct name and address to the employee;
(b) arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened section 23A or who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (a). (2) A designated employee who arrests any person under subsection (1) shall take the person forthwith to a police station, to be dealt with there in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance or deliver him into the custody of a police officer for that purpose.
(3) If any person forcibly resists or attempts to evade arrest under this section the designated employee may use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect the arrest.
23E. (1) The Director may designate by name those persons employed by the owner of an aerial ropeway who may exercise the powers conferred on a designated employee by sections 23C and 23D, and may at any time revoke a designation so made.
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