Regulation 2

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised person” means any officer, employee or agent of the Authority or of its licensee acting in execution of his duty upon or in connection with the railway;“contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract for the purpose of carrying out any building operations or works of engineering construction and includes a main contractor and sub-contractor;“crane” means a machine incorporating an elevated structural member or jib beneath which suspended loads may be moved vertically (whether upwards or downwards) or horizontally or both, either by slewing the machine, derricking the jib or by any other means not solely involving a travelling motion of the crane, and includes a mobile crane and tower crane;“mobile crane” means a crane mounted on a truck or crawler or on wheels;“occupier”, in relation to any land, means the person in actual occupation or having the charge, management or control, of the land, either on his own account or as an agent of another person;“owner”, in relation to any land, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee or as receiver, or who would receive the rent if the land, premises or building were let to a tenant;“railway corridor” means the part of the land or area that is within 40 metres from the outermost edge of any part of a railway area;“railway protection zone” means that part of the land or area which is within 40 metres from the outermost edge of any part of the railway that is on, above or below the ground;“railway safety zone” means the land delineated as such in plans and maps prepared by the Authority pursuant to regulation 4;“restricted activity” means any activity specified in the Schedule;“street” has the same meaning as in the Street Works Act (Cap. 320A);“sub-contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with another contractor for the purpose of carrying out any building operations or works of engineering construction;“tower crane” means a crane which has a vertical or near-vertical tower designed to be free-standing up to a specified height.