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s.6
Functions of Authority
(1) The principal function of the Authority shall be to promote and provide for the implementation of safe working practices for and in relation to the importation, manufacture, storage, transport, supply and use of gas. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Authority shall— (a) supervise compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance; and (b) assist and encourage persons concerned with matters relevant to any of the safe working practices referred to in subsection (1) to further those practices. (3) The Authority may from time to time cause to be prepared and published by notice in the Gazette, for the guidance of persons upon whom there is any obligation to comply with any requirements under this Ordinance, guidelines not inconsistent with this Ordinance, indicating the manner in which he proposes to exercise functions conferred or imposed under this Ordinance upon him.