CAP 59AB FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS.pdf

Cap 59AB - FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 1 Chapter: 59AB FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS Gazette Number Version Date Empowering section 30/06/1997 (Cap 59, section 7) [15 December 1988] L.N. 189 of 1988 (Originally L.N. 167 of 1988) Part: I PRELIMINARY 30/06/1997 Regulation: 1 Citation 30/06/1997 These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous Substances) Regulations. (Enacted 1988) Regulation: 2 Interpretation 30/06/1997 In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- container (容器) means any receptacle, vessel, tank, package, bag, wrapping or other thing, whether movable or not, capable of holding any substance; corrosive mixture (腐蝕性混合物) means a mixture that may on contact with living tissues cause severe damage to them; dangerous mixture (危險混合物) means any mixture or preparation containing- (a) more than 1 per cent by weight of any toxic substance or substances; (b) more than 10 per cent by weight of any harmful substance or substances; or (c) such proportion of any other listed substance or substances as makes that mixture a corrosive, explosive, flammable, irritant or oxidizing mixture; dangerous substance (危險物質) means any substance that is a listed substance or a dangerous mixture; explosive mixture (爆炸性混合物) means a mixture that may explode under the effect of flame or that is more sensitive to shock and friction than dinitrobenzene; flammable mixture (易燃混合物) means a mixture that- (a) may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy; (b) is a solid and may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and that continues to burn or be consumed after removal of the source of ignition; (c) is gaseous and flammable in air at normal pressure; (d) in contact with water or damp air, evolves