Powers of
disciplinary board.
Appeals from disciplinary board.
(Cap. 4).
(a) render the lift engineer or the escalator engineer unfit to be on the register of lift engineers or on the register of escalator engineers; or
(b) make the further inclusion on the register of lift engineers or the register of escalator engineers of the lift engineer or escalator engineer prejudicial to the due administration of this Ordinance,
the Director may bring the matter to the notice of a disciplinary board, (2) Where, after due inquiry, the disciplinary board is satisfied that the registered lift engineer or the registered escalator engineer 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 lift engineer or escalator engineer be removed from the register of lift engineers or the register of escalator engineers, as the case may be, either permanently or for such period as the board directs; or
(b) order that the lift engineer or escalator engineer be repri-
manded.
10. For the purposes of any inquiry, a disciplinary board shall bave all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court in relation
to-
(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them
upon oath or otherwise;
(b) compelling the production of relevant documents;
(c) ordering the inspection of premises in which any lift or escala- tor is installed or in which lift works or escalator works have been carried out; and
(d) entering upon and viewing such premises.
11. (1) Any lift engineer or escalator engineer aggrieved by any order made in respect of him under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 9 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 bourd or may remit the matter to the board with his opinion thereon.
(2) Notice of any such appeal shall be given by the lift engineer or the escalator engineer within one month from the date of such order.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the practice in relation to any such appeal shall be subject to any rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance.
(4) The decision of the judge shall be final.
PART III.
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Examination of new lifts and escalators and testing of safety equipment provided therefor and examination and testing of lifts and escalators to which pertain alterations have been made. 12. (0) Upon the completion of the installation of any lift or Examination escalator, the owner of the lift or escalator shall, before the same is of new lifts
nod escalators put into normal operation-
and testing
(a) cause the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment of safety connected therewith to be thoroughly examined by a registered provided
squipment
lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case therefor. may be, and, without prejudice to the generality of the fore- going. every such examination shall, in the case of a lift. include, where applicable, an examination of the motor, brakes and control equipment of the lift, of the interlocking devices provided for the doors or gates of the lift-way and the car of the lift and of the safety equipment provided for the lift; and
(b) cause the safety equipment provided for the lifi or escalator to be tested by a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, in the following manner, namcly-
© in the case of a lift, by the operation of the same with full rated load in the lift; and
(ii) in the case of an escalator, by the operation of the same without any load on the escalator.
(2) When the registered lift engineer or the registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the lift or escalator and all such machinery and equipment and the safety equipment provided for the lift or escalator is in safe working order, be shall deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a certificate in the prescribed form. Form 5. and the owner shall deliver the same to the Director within seven days of bis receipt thereof.
(3) When such certificate is delivered to the Director, he shall- (4) if he is satisfied that the lift or escalator and all such machinery and equipment and the safety equipment provided therefor is in safe working order and save as provided in subsection (3) of section 33, by notice in the prescribed form For 6 permit the lift or escalator to be used and operated; or
(b) if he is not so satisfied, refuse to permit the lift or escalator
to be used or operated.
(4) The Director shall be deemed to have permitted the lift or escalator to be used and operated unless, within the period and in the manner prescribed by subsection (1) of section 14, he notifies the owner thereof that he refuses to permit the same to be used or operated.