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[接上页] (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 5 Application of this Part PART III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Subject to regulation 4, this Part applies only with respect to industrial undertakings in which any person is employed- (a) in connexion with the manufacture of any controlled substance or in connexion with any process in the course of which any controlled substance is formed; (b) in connexion with any process in the course of which any controlled substance (other than auramine or magenta) is used or handled; (c) in the storage or movement within the industrial undertaking of any controlled substance in connexion with any manufacture or process referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or (d) in the maintenance or cleaning of plant or the cleaning of containers, stores or workrooms in connexion with any manufacture or process referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 6 Safety precautions The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall- (a) take all practicable steps to prevent persons employed therein in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 being exposed to the risk of inhaling, ingesting or otherwise absorbing any controlled substance; (b) warn every person employed therein by posting notices (in the English and Chinese languages, in a form approved by the Commissioner) in conspicuous places where any controlled substance is present and where any such manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 is being carried out, of the dangers to health involved in such employment and of the need for regular medical examinations and attention to safe working practices; and (c) ensure that all controlled substances within the industrial undertaking (except when in the course of manufacture, formation or use) are kept in suitable closed receptacles legibly marked with the name of the substance it contains and also with the words "CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCE" and the characters "可致癌物品". (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 7 Appointment of medical practitioner (1) The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall appoint a medical practitioner who is conversant with the provisions of these regulations and the health hazards associated with prohibited and controlled substances, to carry out medical examinations of persons employed therein, as required by regulation 8. (2) A proprietor who has appointed a medical practitioner under paragraph (1) shall notify the Commissioner, in writing, within 14 days after such appointment, of the name and address of the appointed medical practitioner. (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 8 Medical examinations (1) Every person who is or has been employed in any industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall be medically examined by the appointed medical practitioner within one month of being first so employed and be so examined again at intervals of not more than 6 months so long as his employment in the industrial undertaking continues: Provided that in the case of a person so employed at the date of the coming into operation of these regulations, his first medical examination under this regulation shall be within one month of that date. (2) Every medical examination under paragraph (1) shall include exfoliative cytology of the urine by a laboratory of the Institute of Pathology of the Department of Health. (L.N. 76 of 1989) (3) Every person who is or has been employed in an industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall submit himself for medical examination by the appointed medical practitioner as required under this regulation and provide samples of urine as necessary so that the requirements of paragraph (2) may be complied with. (4) For the purpose of this regulation the expression "first so employed" (首次如此受雇) includes re-employment in any industrial undertaking to which this Part applies following a cessation of such employment for any period exceeding 6 months. (5) The cost of medical examinations required by this regulation shall be borne by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking concerned. (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 9 Health Registers (1) The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall maintain a Health Register in respect of each person medically examined for the purpose of these regulations, in the form set out in the Schedule. (2) The Health Register referred to in paragraph (1) shall be forwarded to the Commissioner on the cessation of the employment in the industrial undertaking of the person to whom it relates, by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking concerned. (3) The register referred to in paragraph (1) shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by an occupational safety officer. (32 of 2000 s. 48) (Enacted 1986) Cap 59AA reg 10 Offences PART IV OFFENCES (1) Where in any industrial undertaking regulation 3(1), 3(2) or 8(1) is contravened the proprietor of the industrial undertaking shall be guilty of an offence and- |