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CHN-1997-R-46402
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Factories and Industrial Undertaking (Asbestos) Regulation (L.N. 74 of 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivision(s)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Protection against particular hazards
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-01-21
Scope of text
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Requires employers who carry out work with asbestos to identify the type of asbestos used and assess the degree of exposure. Requires that notice be given to the Commissioner for Labour regarding work done with asbestos. Employers shall reduce the exposure to asbestos when possible and provide respiratory protective equipment. Provides for air monitoring, training for workers, and medical surveillance of workers exposed to asbestos. S. 20 disallows employment of young persons in asbestos-related work. S. 21 prohibits the process of asbestos spraying and the use of asbestos insulation. Made under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Regulation on-line (as amended)
Author
Bilingual Laws Information System (BLIS)
Country
China, SAR Hong Kong
URL
http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/CurAllEngDoc?OpenView&Start=59.29&Count=30&Expand=59.29#59.29
File
CHN46402 Eng.pdf (PDF of Regulations as amended to E.R. 2 of 2014)
Electronic source title
Regulation on-line (as amended)
Author
Labour Department
Publisher
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Country
China
URL
http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_pdf.nsf/6799165D2FEE3FA94825755E0033E532/02DA16DD795490F0482575EE003502B7/$FILE/CAP_59AD_e_b5.pdf
Page range
7 p.
Serial region
Serial title
Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2
Date
1997-02-28
Volume
Vol. CXXXIX
Number
No. 9
Page range
pp. B252-B277