(Cap. 4).
Registers of
negiabcred
contractors, registered lift contractors
and registered cscalator contractors, etc.
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(2) Where, after due inquiry, the disciplinary board is satisfied that the architect has been convicted of such an offence or has been guilty of such negligence or misconduct, such board may-
(a) order that the name of the architect be removed from the architects' register either permanently or for such period as the board thinks fit; or (b) order that the architect be reprimanded; and (c) order that its findings and order be published in
the Gazette.
(3) (a) Any authorized acchitect aggrieved by any order made in respect of him under this section may appeal to a judge of the Supreme Court and upon any such appeal the judge may confirm, reverse or vary the order of the disciplinary board:
Provided that the judge may, notwithstanding that he is of opinion that the point raised in the appeal might be decided in favour of the appel- lant, dismiss the appeal if he considers that no substantial miscarriage of justice has actually occurred.
(b) The practice in relation to any such appeal shall be subject to any rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance.
6.
(1) The Building Authority shall keep the follow- ing registers, namely-
(a) a register (hereinafter referred to as the con- tractors' register) of all persons who are qualified to perform the duties of a registered contractor in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; (b) a register (hereinafter referred to as the register of lift contractors) of all persons who are qualified to carry out works in connexion with the installa- tion, alteration, maintenance and repair of lifts and the machinery and equipment connected there- with; and
(c) a register (hereinafter referred to as the register of escalator contractors) of all persons who are qualified to carry out work in connexion with the installation, alteration, maintenance and repair of escalators and the machinery and equipment con- nected therewith.
(2) Every applicant for inclusion in any of such registers shall submit his application, in the prescribed form, to the Building Authority.
Appalotment and dutica of registered
contractors.
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(3) (a) In respect of every such application, the
Building Authority shall within three months-
() upon payment by the applicant of the pres- cribed fee, publish in the Gazette and enter in the appropriate register the name of the applicant, and issue to him a certificate of registration in the prescribed form: or
(ii) inform the applicant that his application has been deferred for a period not exceeding six months; or
(iii) refuse the application.
(b) In considering any application for inclusion in the register of lift contractors or the register of cscalator contractors, the Building Authority shall have regard to the qualifications and experience of the applicant or of those persons employed by him who will supervise and carry out lift works or escalator works, as the case may be.
(4) (4) Any person whose application for inclusion in such contractors' registers is refused may appeal to a disciplinary board appointed under sub- section (2) of section 8.
(5) Any person whose application for inclusion in the register of lift contractors or the register of escalator contractors is refused may appeal to a disciplinary board appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 8. (5) The Building Authority shall publish anually in the Gazette a list of the names of the persons in each such register.
(6) The Building Authority may remove from the relevant register the name of any registered contractor, registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor who ceases, for any reason, to engage in building works or street works, lift works, or escalator works, respectively.
7. (1) Every person for whom building works or street works are to be carried out shall appoint a registered contractor in respect thereof.
(2) If a registered contractor appointed in respect of building works or street works becomes unwilling to act or unable, whether by reason of the termination of his appointment or for any other reason, to act, the person for