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Draft Bill.
No. S. 78.-The following Bill is published for general information:-
A BILL
[No. 6:23.3.36.-1.]
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Buildings Ordinance, 1935.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Buildings Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1936.
of Ordinance
2. Section 44 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1935, is Amendment amended by the addition of the following sub-section after sub-section (4) thereof :--
No. 18 of
1935, s. 44, by addition of new sub-section
(5) Every such owner shall arrange, preferably by a contract of maintenance with the makers or suppliers of the (5). lift or hoist concerned, or their agents or nominees in the Colony, for regular and adequate cleaning, oiling and adjust- ment service at such intervals as the type of equipment and nature of the service demands. At least once in every three years the said owner shall arrange that the safety gear and governor switch, if fitted, shall be subjected to a running test under maximum load and speed conditions, under the supervision of a competent engineer, and that a certificate shall be issued to him on the result of each test, such certificate to be signed by the engineer supervising the test. Every such certificate shall be kept by such owner and presented to the Building Authority for inspection whenever demanded.
Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance adds a new sub-section to section 44 of the principal Ordinance with a view to the protection of the public by providing for adequate attention to lifts and hoists. The new sub-section (5) added to that section is mainly based on the provisions of section 8 (a) and (c) of the Code of Practice for the Installation of Lifts and Escalators drafted by the Lifts and Escalators Installation Panel appointed in 1931 by the late Advisory Council for the Building Industry to review such legislation as affected the installation of lifts and escalators in buildings and to report on the need for the revision thereof and the form such revision should take. The said Code of Practice was issued by the Buildings Industries National Council in 1935 and was transmitted to this Colony by the Secretary of State by his Circular Note No. 2 of the 9th September, 1935.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
March, 1936.