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CAP. 123]
Buildings
a technical secretary of the
[1985 Ed.
(vii) the Technical Secretary, Buildings Ordinance Office, who shall be the Secretary of the Registration Committee.
(c) The Registration Committee shall meet at such times and
places as the Building Authority shall appoint:
Provided that the Building Authority shall call a meeting of the Registration Committee within 21 days of the receipt by him of a request in writing signed by 2 members of the Registration Committee.
(d) A quorum of the Registration Committee shall be 5 members, including the persons referred to in paragraph (b)(i), (ii) and (vii).
(6) Every applicant for inclusion in the authorized persons register or the structural engineers' register shall submit his application in the prescribed form to the secretary of the Registration Committee.
(7) No person shall be included in any list in the authorized persons' register or in the structural engineers' register unless he has the prescribed qualifications for inclusion in such list or such register.
(8) Subject to subsection (7), a person's name may be included in both the authorized persons register and the structural engineers' register and in more than 1 list in the authorized persons' register.
(9) In respect of every application for inclusion in any list in the authorized persons' register or in the structural engineers' register, the Building Authority shall within 3 months from the date of the meeting of the Registration Committee at which the application was considered---
(a) on payment by the applicant of the prescribed fee, publish in the Gazette and enter in the appropriate list or, as the case may be, register the name of the applicant; or
(b) inform the applicant that his application is deferred for a
period not exceeding 12 months; or
(c) refuse his application.
(10) Any person whose application for inclusion in any list in the authorized persons' register or the structural engineers' register is refused may appeal to a disciplinary board appointed under section 5.
(11) The Building Authority may remove from the authorized persons' register or the structural engineers' register the name of any person who-
(a) is deceased;
(b) is not practising the profession in respect of which the
name of that person was included in the register; or