1987 Ed.]
Lifts and Escalators (Safety)
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(3) Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) shall prejudice in any way the application of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance to a goods lift exempted from the application of this Ordinance under subsection (1).
(4) Where the Director considers that it is expedient that a goods lift in respect of which a notice of exemption has been served under subsection (1) should cease to be exempt from the provisions of this Ordinance, he may serve on the owner of the lift a notice in writing revoking the exemption of that lift from the provisions of this Ordinance with effect from a date specified in the notice.
(5) The date specified in a notice under subsection (4) shall be a date not earlier than 4 weeks from the date of service of such notice on the owner of the goods lift.
(6) In any proceedings under any Ordinance a document purporting to be a copy of a notice served by the Director under subsection (1) or (4) and purporting to be certified by the Director as a true copy thereof shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and until the contrary is proved, the Court before which such document is produced shall presume-
(a) that the document is certified by the Director as a true copy; and
(b) that the document is a true copy of a notice issued under subsection (1) or (4).
(7) This section applies to goods lifts used in an industrial undertaking other than construction work.
(8) In this section-
"construction work" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance;
"goods lift" means a lift used or intended to be used exclusively for the movement of goods or materials. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 39)
(Added, 20 of 1976, s. 3)
45. The Director may specify any form for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(Replaced, 43 of 1987, s. 40)
46. (1) Where, under any agreement, the lessee or sub-lessee of any building is responsible for any lift or escalator which forms part of the building or has become annexed by operation of law to the building, this Ordinance shall, subject to subsection (2), and notwithstanding paragraphs (a)(i), (ia) and (ii) and (b)(i), (ia) and (ii) of section 3(1) where the lessee or sub-lessee is not the Government of any member of the Commonwealth, the Housing Authority or Her Majesty's naval, military or air force services, apply, during the continuance in force of such agreement, as if any reference to the owner of a lift or escalator were a reference to such lessee or sub-lessee. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 41)
Power of Director to specify forms.
Special provisions as to application of Ordinance where lessee of building responsible for lift or escalator.
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