Amendment of
section 17.
Addition of new section
32A.
Amendment of section 33.
Amendment of section 34.
Amendment of
section 41.
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(B) by deleting "the persons referred to in paragraph (b)(i),
(ii) and (vii)” and substituting the following-
"at least one of the persons referred to in paragra (b)(i) and (ii), and the person referred to in para- graph (b)(vii)"; and
(c) by inserting after subsection (9) the following—
“(9A) An application that has been deferred under sec- tion (9)(b) shall, when it comes up for consideration again—
(a) be accepted, so that the applicant is included in the appropriate list or registered, as the case may be, upon payment of the prescribed fee; or
(b) be refused.".
4. Section 17(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended in item 6 of Column A in the table by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following.
“(a) the structural use of materials;
(b) site formation works, excavation works, piling works or any other
structural works; or".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 32 the following-
"Carrying out
of other works and provision of services.
6.
32A. In any case where under this Ordinance the Building Authority is authorized to carry out or cause to be carried out works (in this section referred to as "the principal works"), he may also carry out or cause to be carried out such other works, and provide or cause to be provided such services, as he considers necessary for the carrying out of the principal works and may recover the costs thereof from the person liable for the costs of the principal works under this Ordinance.".
Section 33(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "or caused to be carried out by him" the following--
"or to recover the costs of services provided by him or caused to be provided by him”.
7.
Section 34 is amended by deleting "section 24, 24A, 26 or 27A" and substituting the following-—
"this Ordinance”.
8. Section 41 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following-
"(3A) Drainage works may be carried out in or for any existing building without application to or approval from the Building Author- ity if those works do not involve-
(a) the structure of any building;
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(b) any drain or sewer into which there is discharged, or it is intended to discharge, any trade effluent, chemical refuse, waste steam, petroleum spirit, carbide of calcium, acid, grease or oil;
(c) altering any manhole at which any drain or sewer from the
building is connected with a public sewer;
(d) altering any septic tank or cesspool; or
(e) making a direct or indirect connexion of an additional drain
or sewer to a septic tank or cesspool:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall permit any drainage works to be carried out in contravention of any regulation.".
Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill amends the Buildings Ordinance mainly to-
(a) provide for an acting chairman to chair meetings of the Author- ized Persons' and Structural Engineers' Registration Committee when the chairman is not available;
(b) change the quorum for meetings of that Committee;
(c) prescribe conditions in relation to certain types of building works; (d) enable the Building Authority to recover the costs of certain incidental works carried out by the Authority under the Ordin- ance; and
(e) dispense with the approval of the Authority for drainage works in or for existing buildings provided that certain conditions are satisfied.
2. The Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.
(a)
1987年建築物(修訂)條例草案
摘要說明
本條例草案對建築物條例作出修訂,其主要目的在於-
規定認可人士及結構工程師註冊委員會在該會主席缺席時,須由署理主 席主持會議;
(b) 更改該委員會會議的法定人數;
(c)
訂定與若干類建築工程有關的條件;
(d) 授權建築事務總監追討由其根據建築物條例而進行的若干附屬工程的費
用;以及
(e)
刪去有關須獲建築事務總監批准,方可在現有建築物內或為現有建築物 進行排水工程的規定,但有關工程仍須符合若干條件。
2. 本草案對政府人手需求和公共開支方面都没有影響。