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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Loadshifting Machinery) Regulation

This Regulation was approved by the Legislative Council on 5 April 2000 and comes into effect on 1 September 2002. This Regulations provides for mandatory training and certification of workers operating loadshifting machines, which include any fork-lift truck used in industrial undertakings and some mobile machines used on construction sites.

The main provisions of the Regulation are :

  • the responsible person of a loadshifting machine shall ensure that the machine is operated by a person aged 18 or above and holds a valid certificate;
  • the responsible person of a loadshifting machine has a duty to provide training course recognised by Commissioner for Labour to operators employed by him;
  • an operator of a loadshifting machine shall produce his valid certificate for inspection when required; and
  • a truck or lorry driver is exempted from the application of this Regulation if he holds a driving licence of the class to which the truck or lorry belongs.

When the Regulation comes into effect (only in so far as they relate to Part I and paragraphs (a) to (e) in Part II of the Schedule), operators of bulldozers, loaders, excavators, trucks and lorries on construction sites and fork-lift trucks in industrial undertakings must be trained and possess a valid training certificate.