1987 Ed.]
Lifts and Escalators (Safety)
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safety equipment provided for a lift or escalator, or both, as the case may be, is or are in safe working order; or
(d) is, at any time, satisfied that any lift or escalator is in any respect not in safe working order; or
(e) is of the opinion that any new lift or escalator would, if operated, be likely to be operated in contravention of section 29(1), (Added, 43 of 1987, s. 27)
he may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the lift or escalator, prohibit the use and operation of the lift or escalator. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 27)
(2) An order under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) shall continue in operation until the Director has received from the owner of the lift or escalator the prescribed fee and-
(a) in the case of an order under subsection (1)(a), a certificate in the specified form delivered to the owner by a registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor certifying that the lift or escalator has been cleaned, oiled and adjusted in accordance with section 19; or
(b) in the case of an order under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d), a certificate in the specified form delivered to the owner by a registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer certifying that the lift or escalator and the machinery and equipment connected therewith or the safety equipment, or both, is or are in safe working order,
and has, in the specified form, permitted the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed. (Replaced, 43 of 1987, s. 27)
(3) An order under subsection (1)(e) shall continue in operation until the Director has exempted the lift or escalator from this Ordinance under section 44 or 44A or has received a certificate in duplicate and the prescribed fee under section 12(2) and has, in the specified form, permitted the lift or escalator to be used or operated. (Added, 43 of 1987, s. 27)
27A. In the case of-
(a) a lift or escalator, where
(i) the death of, or injury to, any person occurs involving any part of the lift or escalator;
(ii) a failure occurs of the main drive system, other than by reason of the failure of the main power system; or
(iii) any other thing specified from time to time by the Director occurs;
(b) a lift, where-
(i) a breakage occurs of any of the suspension ropes of the lift;
(ii) a failure occurs of a brake, overload device or the safety equipment provided for the lift; or
Certain occurrences to be reported.
The last character "术" seems out of context and is likely an OCR error or extraneous character. The corrected text is provided without it.