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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Confined Spaces) Regulation (L.N. 8 of 1999).

Main Region

First Region

China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Protection against particular hazards
1999-09-15
State or Province
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

Governs safety conditions in confined spaces, including chambers, vats, tanks, silos, and tunnels. Requires employers to conduct risk assessments for work to be carried out in confined spaces, to ensure safety precautions before and during such work, to provide protective equipment, and to prepare emergency procedures. Repeals the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Confined Spaces) Regulations 1973.

Partial entry dates region

    Date of partial entry into force
    2000-06-19
    Sections 3 and 5 to 15
    Date of partial entry into force
    1999-11-05
    Sections 1, 2 and 4

Basic Text region

Repealed Text region

Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Official Gazette of the Government of the SAR Hong Kong, Legal Supplement No. 2
    Date
    1999-01
    Number
    No. 3
    Page range
    pp. B83-97