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Amendment of section 9.
Repeal and replacement of section 10.
LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT)
(4) Members of the disciplinary board panel may resign at any time by notice in writing given to the Secretary for Lands and Works.".
11. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by inserting after “or has” the following—
"in carrying out any lift works or escalator works, as the case may be,”;
(ii) in paragraph (b), by deleting the comma at the end and substituting the following
"; or";
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following-
"(c) render the lift engineer or escalator engineer deserving of
censure,"; and
(iv) by inserting after "disciplinary board" the following— "appointed under section 8";
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) by inserting after "misconduct” the following--
"as is referred to in subsection (1)”; and
(ii) by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following
"(a) order-
(i) that the name of the lift engineer or escalator en- gineer be removed from the register of lift engineers or the register of escalator engineers or both registers, as the case may be, either permanently or for such period as the board directs; or
(ii) that the lift engineer or escalator engineer be reprimanded; and
(b) order that its findings and any order made under para- graph (a)(i) or (ii) be published in the Gazette."; and
(c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following--
"(3) The disciplinary board may make such order as it thinks fit with regard to the payment of the costs of proceed- ings under this section and the costs of the Director or of the lift engineer or escalator engineer in respect of whom the proceedings are brought, and any costs so awarded shall be recoverable as a civil debt.”.
12. Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Powers of
disciplinary board
appointed
under section 8.
10. A disciplinary board appointed under section 8 may for the purposes of proceedings before it--
(a) require any person to attend the proceedings as a witness, administer oaths and examine witnesses upon oath;
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(b) order the production of relevant documents; (c) order the inspection of premises in which any lift or escalator has been installed or in which lift works or escalator works have been carried out; and
(d) authorize the entry upon and viewing of such
premises.".
13. The principal Ordinance is amended in Part II by adding after Addition of section 11 the following—
"Duties of registered lift engineers or escalator
engineers.
(Cap. 123.)
11A. (1) A registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer shall in carrying out any lift works or escalator works, as the case may be―
(a) ensure that the lift works or escalator works comply with the requirements of this Ordinance and the Buildings Ordinance; and
(b) examine the lifts or escalators in question and test the safety equipment provided therefor and examine and test any lifts or escalators to which major alterations have been made, in accordance with this Ordinance.
(2) Every registered lift engineer and registered escalator engineer shall notify the Director of any change in his business address or residential address, within 14 days of such change.".
new section 11A.
14. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after Part II the Addition of following-
Registers of lift contractors and escalator
contractors.
"PART IIA
REGISTERED LIFT CONTRACTORS AND REGISTERED ESCALATOR CONTRACTORS
11B. (1) The Director shall keep a register (hereinafter referred to as the register of lift contractors) of persons who are, in his opinion, qualified to carry out lift works, and shall also keep a register (hereinafter referred to as the register of escalator contractors) of persons who are, in his opinion, qualified to carry out escalator works.
(2) The register of lift contractors and the register of escalator contractors shall be kept in such form, and shall contain such particulars, as the Director thinks fit.
(3) A certified copy of an entry in any such register, or a certificate to the effect that any name specified therein is not included in any such register, issued under the hand of the Director shall, until the contrary is shown, be received in evidence as proof of the facts stated therein as at the date of such certified copy or certificate on its production without further proof.
new Part IIA.