1                    Safety Management and Responsibilities of Relevant Personnel

Safety Management Structure

1. The Authorized Person (AP), Registered Structural Engineer (RSE), Registered Geotechnical Engineer (RGE) and Authorized Signatory (AS) of the Registered Contractor (RC) are the heads of the safety management structure of the respective functional streams. Other than the head, each of the supervision streams shall consist of a Representative of the head, TCPs responsible for routine safety supervision, i.e. T1 to T3 and TCPs responsible for engineering safety supervision, i.e. T4 to T5 as appropriate for a particular type of works. A Representative shall be the highest grade TCP within their respective stream and shall take the senior role in the management structure. Alternatively, the AP, RSE, RGE and AS may act  as the respective representative  themselves to carry out such safety management functions (subject to their inspection frequency be not less than that required of the highest grade TCP within their respective stream). A typical example of the safety management structure for a job site is illustrated in Figure 4.1.

Responsibilities of Relevant Personnel

1. The head of the management structure shall have overall responsibility and accountability for their respective functional stream. The Representative is directly accountable to the head (i.e. AP, RSE, RGE or AS, as the case may be), whereas all other safety management personnel are accountable to the head through the Representative. Responsibilities and duties of the heads, Representatives and TCPs regarding the preparation and execution of supervision plans are set out in Tables 4.1 to 4.4.

1. The supervision plan, if required to be submitted under the Technical Memorandum, shall be lodged with the BA by the AP prior to or at the same time as the application for the first consent for commencement of

building works or street works. For minor works carried out according to the simplified requirements, the supervision plans, if required to be submitted under the Technical Memorandum, shall be submitted to the BA not less than 7 days before commencement of the minor works. A standard form of Supervision Plan is set out in Appendix I.

1. The AP, RSE, RGE and AS shall also submit the confirmation of appointment of TCPs as at an Annex to Supervision Plan or within 7 days from the date of commencement of works as indicated in the Form BA10/ notice of commencement of minor works.

1. TCPs of higher grades may take up the responsibilities of those of lower grades and the duties of TCPs may be combined. For combination of the duties of TCPs, reference should be made to paragraphs 8.12 to 8.17.