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CAP. 327]
Lifts and Escalators (Safety)
[1987 Ed.
(Cap. 123.)
Examination of new lifts and escalators and testing of safety equipment provided therefor.
(d) carry out the lift works or escalator works in question in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the Buildings Ordinance.
(2) Every registered lift contractor and registered escalator contractor shall, within 14 days, notify the Director when he ceases to carry out periodic maintenance in respect of any lift or escalator under section 19 and shall specify the address and number (if any) of the lift or escalator in his notification.
(3) Every registered lift contractor and registered escalator contractor shall, within 14 days, notify the Director of any change in his business address.
(Part IIA added, 43 of 1987, s. 14)
PART III
EXAMINATION OF NEW LIFTS AND ESCALATORS AND TESTING OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED THEREFOR AND EXAMINATION AND TESTING OF LIFTS AND ESCALATORS TO WHICH CERTAIN ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
12. (1) Upon the completion of the installation of any lift or escalator, the owner of the lift or escalator shall, before the same is put into normal operation—
(a) cause the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be thoroughly examined by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, every such examination shall, in the case of a lift, include, where applicable, an examination of the motor, brakes and control equipment of the lift, of the interlocking devices provided for the doors or gates of the lift-way and the car of the lift and of the safety equipment provided for the lift; and
(b) cause the safety equipment provided for the lift or escalator to be tested by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, in the following manner, namely—
(i) in the case of a lift, by the operation of the same with full rated load in the lift; and
(ii) in the case of an escalator, by the operation of the same without any load on the escalator.
(2) When the registered lift engineer or the registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the lift or escalator and all such machinery and equipment and the safety equipment provided for the lift or escalator is in safe working order, he shall deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a certificate in duplicate in the specified form, and the owner shall deliver the certificate in duplicate, and pay the prescribed fee, to the Director within 7 days of the receipt of the certificate by the owner. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 15)