1987 Ed.]
Lifts and Escalators (Safety)
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39. (1) Whenever the Director has received a certificate in duplicate delivered by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer under-
(a) section 12(2); or
(b) section 26(1),
and the prescribed fee he shall, save as provided in subsection (2), deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a copy of that certificate after certifying on it that it has been received and registered.
(2) Where under section 12(3)(b) the Director refuses to permit a new lift or escalator to be used or operated and when, under section 14(2) or a direction of an appeal board given under section 17(1) or (2), he permits the lift or escalator to be used or operated, he shall deliver a copy of the certificate in the specified form to the owner of the lift or escalator after certifying on it that it has been received and registered.
(3) The owner of the lift or escalator shall post, or cause to be posted, in a conspicuous position in the lift or on the escalator any certificate delivered to him under this section, and shall keep that certificate so posted until another such certificate is delivered to him. (Replaced, 43 of 1987, s. 37)
40. Wherever in this Ordinance provision is made for service upon any person of any order, it shall be sufficient service if a copy of such order is-
(a) delivered to the person upon whom it is to be served; or
(b) posted upon a conspicuous part of the building in which the lift or escalator in respect of which such order is made is situate.
41. (1) Every certificate issued under section 12(2), section 13(2) or under section 26 or 27 by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, except such a certificate issued by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer who is not, at the date of the issue of the certificate, employed by a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, shall be countersigned by a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be.
(2) A registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor who countersigns any such certificate shall not, solely by reason thereof, incur any liability whatsoever in respect of the truth or accuracy of any matter or thing contained therein.
42. The fees or charges in respect of any matter or thing done pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance by a registered lift engineer, registered escalator engineer, registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor shall be such as may be agreed between the owner of the lift or escalator, as the case may be, and
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Director to certify receipt and registration of certificates from registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer.
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Service of orders.
Certificates to be countersigned.
Fees or charges.