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Amendment of
section 13.
Amendment
of section 14.
Amendment of
section 15.
Addition of new section 15A.
Repeal and replacement of section 16.
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(ii) in paragraph (a), by deleting "prescribed" and substituting the following
"specified".
16. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) in subsection (2)—
(i) by deleting "prescribed" and substituting the following- "specified"; and
(ii) by deleting "same to the Director within 7 days of his receipt thereof" and substituting the following-
"certificate, and pay the prescribed fee, to the Director within 7 days of the receipt of the certificate by the owner”; and
(b) in subsection (3)—
(i) by deleting "When such certificate is delivered to the Direc- tor, he" and substituting the following-
"On receipt of the certificate and the prescribed fee under
subsection (2), the Director"; and
(ii) in paragraph (a), by deleting "prescribed" and substituting the following
"specified".
17. Section 14(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "prescribed" and substituting the following-
"specified".
18. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended--
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "appointed under the provisions of
section 16"; and
(b) in subsection (2), by deleting "14 days of" and substituting the
following-
"one month of the date of notification to the owner".
19. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 15 the following--
"Part III not to apply to service lifts.
15A. This Part shall not apply to any service lift.".
20. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
Appointment
of appeal board, etc.
"PART IIIA
APPEAL BOARD
16. (1) The Chief Secretary shall, at the request of the Director made within 14 days after an appeal is lodged under section 6(5), 11C(4) or 15, appoint an appeal board.
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Appointment
of appeal board panel.
Powers of appeal board.
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(2) Every appeal board shall consist of the following members-
(a) 3 persons appointed by the Chief Secretary from the members of the panel appointed under section 16A of whom one shall be qualified as a civil engineer, one shall be qualified as an electrical or electronic engineer and one shall be qualified as a mechanical or building services engineer; and
(b) a public officer appointed by the Chief Secretary. (3) The chairman of an appeal board shall be elected by the members of the appeal board from the members appointed under subsection (2)(a) and the chairman shall determine the procedure of the board.
(4) A legal officer may be present at any proceedings of an appeal board to advise the chairman on any matter.
(5) A member of an appeal board, other than a member who is a public officer, shall be remunerated at such rate as the Financial Secretary may determine from time to time or in any particular case.
16A. (1) The Governor shall, having regard to the requirements of section 16 relating to the membership of an appeal board, appoint a panel of persons (the "appeal board panel") and each member of the appeal board panel shall be nominated for appointment by the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and shall be a member of that Institution.
(2) The appeal board panel shall consist of not more than 15 members of whom
(a) not more than 5 authorized persons who are
qualified as civil engineers;
(b) not more than 5 who are qualified as electrical or
electronic engineers; and
(c) not more than 5 who are qualified as mechanical or
building services engineers.
(3) A public officer shall not be eligible for appointment as a member of the appeal board panel.
(4) Members of the appeal board panel shall be appointed for 3 years but shall be eligible for re-appointment. (5) Members of the appeal board panel may resign at any time by notice in writing given to the Governor.
16B. An appeal board may for the purposes of proceed- ings before it
(a) require any person to attend the proceedings as a witness, administer oaths and examine witnesses upon oath;
(b) order the production of relevant documents;