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Appointment and duties of registered contractors.
Appointment and duties of registered lift contractors and escalator contractors.
43 of Fiji 7544
Appointment and powers of disciplinary board.
9. Buildings [1985 Ed.
(1) Every person for whom building works or street works are to be carried out shall appoint a registered contractor in respect thereof.
(2) If a registered contractor appointed in respect of building works or street works becomes unwilling to act or unable, whether by reason of the termination of his appointment or for any other reason, to act, the person for whom the building works or street works, as the case may be, are to be or are being carried out shall appoint another registered contractor in his stead.
(3) A registered contractor so appointed shall—
(a) give continuous supervision to the carrying out of the building works or street works, as the case may be;
(b) notify the Building Authority of any contravention of the regulations which would result from the carrying out of the work shown in any plan approved by the Building Authority in respect of the building works or street works; and
(c) comply generally with the provisions of this Ordinance.
10. (1) Every person for whom lift works or escalator works are to be carried out shall appoint a registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in respect thereof.
(2) If a registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor so appointed becomes unwilling to act or unable, whether by reason of the termination of his appointment or for any other reason, to act, the person for whom the lift works or escalator works are to be or are being carried out shall appoint another registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in his stead.
(3) A registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor so appointed shall—
(a) give continuous supervision to the carrying out of the lift works or escalator works; and
(b) comply generally with the provisions of this Ordinance.
11. (1) For the purposes of section 8(4) and section 13, the Building Authority may from time to time appoint a disciplinary board.
(2) Every board appointed to hear an appeal under section 8(4)(a) or to hear and determine any proceedings under section 13 against a registered contractor shall consist of—
(a) 2 persons who are members of the Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board Panel appointed under section 11A;
(b) 3 persons who are members of the Authorized Persons and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel appointed under section 5A, of whom—