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51B PDFTitle:GAS SAFETY (GAS SUPPLY) REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:38Heading:Certain equipment to be carried on gas vehicleVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) No person shall use a road tanker to carry liquefied petroleum gas in bulk unless there is carried on the tanker-

        (a) not less than 2 suitable apparatus for extinguishing fire-
          (i) of a type, and of a capacity not less than that, specified by the Authority by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this regulation;
          (ii) each carried in such a position as to be readily accessible outside the cab of the tanker and available for use; and
          (iii) maintained at all times in good and efficient working order;
        (b) not less than 2 signs each displaying a notice, in the English and Chinese languages, in letters and characters not less than 120 millimetres in height, stating the words "NO SMOKING" and the characters "不准吸煙";
        (c) not less than one set of protective goggles, or other suitable equipment for the protection of eyesight, and gloves for each person employed on the tanker; and
        (d) not less than 4 road cones.
(2) No person shall use a cylinder wagon to carry cylinders unless there is carried on the wagon not less than 2 suitable apparatus for extinguishing fire-
        (a) of a type, and of a capacity not less than that, specified by the Authority by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this regulation;
        (b) each carried in such a position as to be readily accessible outside the cab of the wagon and available for use; and
        (c) maintained at all times in good and efficient working order.
(Enacted 1990)