Addition of naw section 11A.

Amendment

of section

8.

(i) have been used for the purposes of a school whose registration has been cancelled either under the Education Ordinance, 1913, or under this Ordinance; or*.

The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 11, of the following new section-

"Provisions as to

change

of use in buildings in which school ia operated.

9.

11A. (1) Without prejudice to any other pro- visions of this Ordinance, where, in the opinion of the Chief Officer, any change in the design or structure of the building in which or in part of which a school is operated or in the use of any part of such building has so increased the risk of fire in the build- ing or the danger from panic in the event of fire that there is an undue danger or risk of danger to persons using the school premises, he may deliver to the Director a notice specifying the provisions which he considers should be made to minimize such danger or may deliver to the Director a notice that, in his opinion, there is such a danger.

(2) The Director may, by notice in writing to the supervisor of the school, require to be made all or any of the provisions specified in a notice under sub- section (1) from the Chief Officer."

Section rz of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) the deletion, from the end of subsection (1), of the full- stop and the substitution therefor of the following-

**For**:

(b) the insertion in subsection (1), after paragraph (e), of

the following new paragraphs-

() where, in the case of a school which is operated in premises which are, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works or any officer of the Public Works Department appointed by him for the purposes of section 10A, unsuitable, by reason of the loading for which the premises were designed and constructed, for the purposes of a school, he has, under the provisions of this Ordinance, received a report from an authorized architect that the premises are not in sound structural condition; or

(g) where, under section 11A, he has received a notice from the Chief Officer that it is the opinion of the Chief Officer that there is an undue danger or risk of danger to persons using the school premises; ar

(b) where a notice under subsection (2) of section 11A has not, within two months of the service thereof, or within such further period as the Director may permit, been complied with.";

(c) the deletion of subsection (2) and the substitution therefor

of the following-

"(2) If the registration of all the managers of a school has been cancelled, the Director shall, unless any manager of the school is, under sub- section (1) of section 32, permitted to continue to art as manager, cancel the registration of such school.",

10. Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Ordinance Amendment is amended by the insertion after the word "the" where it first of section occurs of the following-

13.

"registered".

11. Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- Amendment (a) the deletion, from subsection (4), of the word "All" and 14.

the substitution therefor of the following-

of section

"Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, all'';

(b) the deletion, from subsection (6), of the words “and any

change of principal".

12. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- Amendment

of Bection

(a) the deletion, from subsection (1), of the words "'or in 15. the event of the supervisor approved by the Directur being no longer acceptable as such to the majority of the management committec.";

(b) the insertion, after subsection (2), of the following new

subsection-

(3) In the event of the supervisor approved by the Director being no longer acceptable as such to the majority of the management committee, he shall

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