1981 Ed.]
Quarries (Safety) Regulations
CAP. 59
F 3
[Subsidiary]
QUARRIES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS
L.N 31 69.
L.N. 208.73. L.N. 318 81
(Cap. 59, section 7)
[28 February 1969.]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. These regulations may be cited as the Quarries (Safety) Regulations.
L.N. 208 73
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation.
“anchorage” means a fixed object of adequate strength, embedded in firm ground, to which a safety rope can be securely attached;
"approved deputy supervisor" means a person approved as a deputy supervisor of a quarry under regulation 6(1);
"approved supervisor” means a person approved as a supervisor of a quarry under regulation 4(1);
"banksman" means a person who, for the purpose of preventing any mechanical equipment in a quarry from going over the edge of any face, side, tip or embankment in the quarry, directs and guides the operator or driver of that equipment from the ground;
"dangerous occurrence" means an occurrence specified in the Schedule to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations;
"Equipment Register" means the register required to be kept and maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(a);
"mechanical equipment" means a bulldozer, dumper, excavator, grader, lorry or shovel loader, or any mobile machine which is used for the handling of any substance in a quarry;
"overburden” means any other substance which overlies the granite, porphyry or limestone which is extracted in a quarry;
"person trained in first aid” means a person who—
(a) holds a current certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association; or
(b) is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses Registration Ordinance,
and, until 1 July 1970, also means a person who holds a certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association at any time after 1 October 1959;
(Cap. 59. sub. leg.)
(Cap. 164.)
1981 Ed.]
Quarries (Safety) Regulations
ICAP. 59
F 3
[Subsidiary]
QUARRIES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS
L.N 31 69.
L.N. 208.73. L.N. 318 81
(Cap. 59, section 7)
[28 February 1969.]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. These regulations may be cited as the Quarries (Safety) Citation. Regulations.
L.N. 208 73
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-- Interpretation. “anchorage” means a fixed object of adequate strength, embedded in firm ground, to which a safety rope can be securely attached; "approved deputy supervisor" means a person approved as a deputy
supervisor of a quarry under regulation 6(1):
"approved supervisor” means a person approved as a supervisor of a
quarry under regulation 4(1):
"banksman" means a person who. for the purpose of preventing any mechanical equipment in a quarry from going over the edge of any face. side, tip or embankment in the quarry, directs and guides the operator or driver of that equipment from the ground;
"dangerous occurrence" means an occurrence specified in the Schedule to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regula- tions;
"Equipment Register" means the register required to be kept and
maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(a);
"mechanical equipment" means a bulldozer, dumper, excavator, grader, lorry or shovel loader, or any mobile machine which is used for the handling of any substance in a quarry;
"overburden” means any other substance which overlies the granite,
porphyry or limestone which is extracted in a quarry;
"person trained in first aid” means a person who-
(a) holds a current certificate of competency in first aid issued
by the St. John Ambulance Association; or
(b) is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses
Registration Ordinance,
and, until 1 July 1970, also means a person who holds a certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association at any time after 1 October 1959;
(Cap. 59. sub. leg.)
(Cap. 164.)
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