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s.2
Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires—
appeal
board
(
上訴委員會
)
means an appeal board appointed under
section 18
;
Authority
(
監督
) means the Gas Authority appointed under
section 5
;
bulk
tank
(
大型石油氣缸
) means a
receptacle—
(a)
which has a water capacity of more than 450 litres; and
(b)
used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas;
code
of
practice
(
工作守則
)
includes—
(a)
a standard;
(b)
a specification; and
(c)
any other documentary form of practical guidance;
Committee
(
委員會
) means the Gas Safety Advisory Committee
established by
section 4(1)
;
company
(
公司
) means a body
corporate—
(a)
incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (
Cap.
622
);
(Amended
28 of 2012 ss. 912
&
920
)
(ab)
incorporated under a former Companies Ordinance as defined by
section
2(1)
of the Companies Ordinance (
Cap.
622
);
(Added
28 of 2012 ss. 912
&
920
)
(b)
incorporated by any other Ordinance; or
(c)
incorporated or established outside Hong Kong;
container
(
儲存器
) means a bulk tank, mini-tank or
cylinder;
contract
of
employment
(
僱用合約
) means a contract of employment or
apprenticeship, whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in
writing;
cylinder
(
石油氣瓶
) means a
receptacle—
(a)
which has a water capacity of not more than 150 litres; and
(b)
used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas;
cylinder
wagon
(
石油氣瓶車
) means a
motor vehicle designed and constructed, or adapted, primarily for the
conveyance of cylinders on roads;
decommission
(
解除運作
), in relation to a
notifiable gas installation, means a procedure to take the installation out
of service in a safe and orderly manner;
(Added
22 of 1996 s. 2
)
disposable
cylinder
(
祇用一次的石油氣瓶
)
means a cylinder which is not constructed or intended to be refilled with liquefied
petroleum gas after once containing such gas, and includes an aerosol can;
domestic
premises
(
住宅房產
) means any premises which are constructed
or intended to be used for habitation;
employee
(
僱員
) means a person who works for another person
under a contract of employment;
exercise
(
行使
), in relation to a function, includes perform
and discharge;
function
(
職能
) includes a power and a duty;
gas
(
氣體
)
means—
(a)
town gas;
(b)
liquefied petroleum gas;
(c)
natural gas; or
(d)
any mixture of such gases,
whether in the form of a liquid or vapour;
gas
appliance
(
氣體用具
) means an appliance which uses gas to
provide lighting, heating or cooling, but does not include a boiler within the meaning
of the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance (
Cap.
56
);
gas
fitting
(
氣體配件
) means a gas pipe, gas meter, gas
appliance, gas valve or pressure-regulator which is supplied, or to be supplied, gas
through a service pipe, and includes a service riser;
gas
main
(
供氣主喉
) means a pipe, other than a service pipe or
installation pipe, used, or to be used, to supply gas;
gas
meter
(
氣體錶
) means a primary meter or secondary
meter;
gas
pipe
(
氣體喉管
)
means—
(a)
an installation pipe;
(b)
a service pipe; or
(c)
a gas main;
gas
vehicle
(
氣體車輛
) means a road tanker or cylinder
wagon;
gasholder
(
儲氣鼓
) means a
receptacle—
(a)
used, or to be used, for the storage of town gas or natural gas;
and
(b)
which has a storage capacity of more than 140 standard cubic metres of town
gas or natural gas,
but does not include any such receptacle which is a gas main;
improvement
notice
(
敦促改善通知書
) means a notice under
section
13(1)
;
in
bulk
(
大量
), in relation to liquefied petroleum gas,
means the containment of any amount of such gas in a vessel which has a water capacity
of more than 150 litres;
inspector
(
氣體安全督察
) means a public officer appointed under
section
11(1)
to
be a gas safety inspector;
installation
pipe
(
用戶喉
) means a pipe used, or to be used, to
supply gas to a particular consumer, and includes any gas fitting used in connection
with the pipe
except—
(a)
a service pipe, other than a service pipe comprised in a primary meter
installation; or
(b)
a pipe comprised in a gas appliance;
issue
(
發出
、
發給
), in
relation to any document, includes
grant;
kPa
means kilopascals;
liquefied
petroleum
gas
(
石油氣
) means any gas which is a mixture
of—
(a)
hydrocarbons primarily consisting of butanes, butylenes, propane or
propylene; or
(b)
all or any of the hydrocarbons referred to in paragraph (a);
manufacture
(
生產
), in relation to gas,
means—
(a)
the production
of—
(i)
town gas;
(ii)
substitute natural gas; or
(iii)
synthetic natural gas; or
(b)
the transfer of liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form from one container
(except a disposable cylinder) to another container, but does not include the
transfer of such gas in such form from a ship or road tanker into a tank or road
tanker;
meter
bypass
(
繞錶喉
) means a pipe through which gas can be
supplied from a service pipe to an installation pipe without passing through a gas
meter, and includes any gas fitting used in connection with the pipe;
mini-
tank
(
小型石油氣缸
) means a
receptacle—
(a)
with a water capacity of more than 150 litres but not more than 450 litres;
and
(b)
used, or to be used, to contain liquefied petroleum gas;
motor
vehicle
(
汽車
) means a motor vehicle within the meaning of
the Road Traffic Ordinance (
Cap. 374
);
natural
gas
(
天然氣
) means any gas which is primarily
methane obtained from natural strata, and
includes—
(a)
substitute natural gas; and
(b)
synthetic natural gas;
non-domestic
premises
(
非住宅房產
) means any premises other than domestic
premises;
notifiable
gas
installation
(
應具報氣體裝置
) means a gas installation which is,
or consists of, or
uses—
(a)
terminals for the importation
of—
(i)
liquefied petroleum gas; or
(ii)
natural gas in liquid form;
(b)
works for the manufacture of town gas, substitute natural gas or synthetic
natural gas;
(c)
gasholders, including the pressure-raising and control equipment used in
connection therewith;
(d)
high pressure gas mains or service pipes;
(e)
pressure-regulating installations which are supplied with gas from an
intermediate or high pressure gas main or service pipe, but does not include
such an installation the volumetric capacity of which is less than 30 standard
cubic metres per hour;
(f)
stores containing liquefied petroleum gas, including, where such gas is
supplied to consumers by way of pipes from such a store, any outlet pipework,
vaporisers and pressure-regulating installations used in connection therewith;
or
(g)
any process which involves the transfer of liquefied petroleum gas in
liquid form from one container (other than a disposable cylinder) to another
container, but does not include the transfer of such gas in such form from a
ship or road tanker into a tank or road tanker;
(Added
22 of 1996 s. 2
)
occupier
(
佔用人
)—
(a)
in relation to any place, means any person carrying on an occupation
full-time in the place;
(b)
in relation to any domestic premises, means any person resident in such
premises; and
(c)
in relation to any non-domestic premises, means any person carrying on an
occupation full-time in such premises;
officer
(
高級人員
), in relation to a company, means an
officer within the meaning of
section 2(1)
of the Companies Ordinance (
Cap. 622
);
(Amended
28 of 2012 ss. 912
&
920
)
order
(
命令
) means an order under
section
19(4)
;
owner
(
車主
), in relation to a gas vehicle, means the
owner within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (
Cap.
374
) of such vehicle;
panel
(
委員團
) means the appeal board panel appointed
under
section 17(1)
;
personal
injury
(
身體受傷
) includes death;
premises
(
房產
)
means—
(a)
any building where no part of the building is separately occupied, and
includes any land appertaining to the building; and
(b)
in any other case, any part of a building which is separately occupied, and
includes any land appertaining to such part;
pressure-regulator
(
調壓器
) means a device which automatically controls
the pressure of gas in a gas pipe downstream of the device;
primary
meter
(
主錶
) means a meter connected to a
service pipe for ascertaining the quantity of gas supplied
through such pipe, but does not include a secondary meter;
primary
meter
installation
(
主錶裝置
) means a primary meter and the gas
fittings used in connection with it, and includes any meter bypass, installed
between the outlet of any service valve or, where there is no such valve, the outlet
of the service pipe,
and—
(a)
the outlet connection of the meter; or
(b)
the outlet of the common connection of the meter and any meter bypass or
any other primary meter,
as the case may be;
registered
person
(
註冊人
) means a person registered under this
Ordinance;
requirement
(
規定
) includes a prohibition;
responsible
person
(
負責人
), in relation to any place or premises,
means the occupier of the place or premises or, where there is no occupier or the
occupier is away, the owner of the place or premises or the person for the time being in
charge of the place or premises;
road
(
道路
) means a road within the meaning of the Road
Traffic Ordinance (
Cap. 374
);
road
tanker
(
缸車
) means a motor vehicle designed and
constructed, or adapted, primarily for the conveyance of liquefied petroleum gas in bulk
on roads;
secondary
meter
(
分錶
) means, where any gas is supplied to a person
through a primary meter, a meter for ascertaining the quantity of such gas then supplied
by that person to another person;
Secretary
(
局長
) means the Secretary for
Environment
and Ecology;
(Replaced
L.N. 106 of 2002
. Amended
L.N. 130 of
2007
;
L.N. 144 of 2022
)
service
pipe
(
供氣分喉
) means a pipe used, or to be used, to
supply gas
from—
(a)
a gas main; or
(b)
a store containing liquefied petroleum gas,
to not more than one building, and
includes—
(i)
any gas meter control valve; and
(ii)
any service valve,
to which the pipe is connected;
service
riser
(
上給供氣分喉
) means the vertical sections of a service
pipe used, or capable of being used, to supply gas to more than one floor of a building,
and includes any horizontal sections of the service pipe between such vertical
sections;
service
valve
(
供氣分喉閥
) means a
valve—
(a)
incorporated in a service pipe;
(b)
for controlling the supply of gas through such pipe; and
(c)
not situated inside any premises;
standard
cubic
metre
(
標準立方米
), in relation to any gas, means a
cubic metre of such gas when
measured—
(a)
at a temperature of
15.0℃;
(b)
at 101.325 kPa absolute pressure; and
(c)
under dry conditions;
store
(
儲存
、
倉庫
)—
(a)
when used as a verb, means the containing
of—
(i)
town gas or natural gas in a gasholder; or
(ii)
liquefied petroleum gas
in—
(A)
a container which has a facility for withdrawing such gas in liquid
form where such gas is, or is to be, supplied to consumers by way of gas
pipes from such container; or
(B)
any containers (including a single container) situated in the one
place (including part of any premises) where the aggregated nominal
water capacity of the containers is more than 130 litres,
and
storage
shall be construed accordingly;
and
(b)
when used as a noun, means any place (including part of any premises) where
there is or are
kept—
(i)
a gasholder which contains or has contained town gas or natural
gas;
(ii)
a container
which—
(A)
contains or has contained liquefied petroleum gas; and
(B)
has a facility for withdrawing such gas in liquid form where such
gas is, or is to be, supplied to consumers by way of gas pipes from such
a container; or
(iii)
any containers (including a single container
)—
(A)
which contain or have contained liquefied petroleum gas;
and
(B)
the aggregated nominal water capacity of which is more than 130
litres;
substance
(
物品
) means a natural or artificial substance,
whether in the form of a solid, liquid or vapour;
substitute
natural
gas
(
代用天然氣
) means any gas which is a mixture of
liquefied petroleum gas and air such that the ratio of such gas to air in such mixture
is more than 1 to 9;
supply
(
供應
), in relation to gas, means the supply of any
gas through gas pipes or in containers, whether by sale or otherwise, to consumers of
such gas, but does not include the supply of liquefied petroleum gas in disposable
cylinders;
synthetic
natural
gas
(
合成天然氣
) means any gas which is primarily methane
not obtained from natural strata;
tank
(
石油氣缸
) means a bulk tank or mini-tank;
town
gas
(
煤氣
) means any gas which is primarily a mixture
of hydrogen and methane;
transport
(
運送
), in relation to liquefied petroleum gas,
means the conveyance of such gas by a gas vehicle;
vehicle
(
車輛
) means a vehicle within the meaning of the
Road Traffic Ordinance (
Cap. 374
);
works
(
工程
) means construction works, that is to
say, any kind of work involving or in connection
with—
(a)
building
works
within the meaning assigned to that term in
section
2(1)
of the Buildings Ordinance (
Cap.
123
), and for the purposes of this paragraph reference in that section to
“ground
investigation in the scheduled
areas”
shall be read as a reference to
“ground
investigation”;
(b)
the laying out, construction, alteration or repair of any road, footpath,
tunnel, airport runway, canal, reservoir, pipe-line, railway or
tramway;
(c)
trench works carried out by or for any public utility;
(d)
the extraction of material from land or the seabed;
(e)
landfill works;
(f)
river training works; or
(g)
reclamation works.
(Added
3 of 1996 s. 2
)