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Form 12.

Form 13.

Form 14.

BUILDING (ADMINISTRATION) REGULATIONS, 1956

(4) Every authorized architect shall notify the Building Authority-

(4) in the prescribed form within seven days of the commen- cement of any building works shown on plans submitted by him to and approved by the Building Authority; (b) in writing within forty-eight hours of any work of

emergency for which he has been engaged.

(5) Every authorized architect, who submits plans to the Building Authority, shall after approval by the Building Authority give such periodical supervision and inspection as may be neces- sary to ensure that the works are being executed in general accordance with the building regulations.

(6) Every authorized architect, who submits plans to the Building Authority, shall notify the Building Authority in writing within seven days if he ceases to act on behalf of the person by whom he has been engaged or if the supervision of any work, for which plans have been submitted by him to the Building Authority, is transferred to another architect.

(7) (a) Within fourteen days of the completion of any building work, the authorized architect responsible for such work shall notify the Building Authority in the prescribed form that the work has been carried out in accordance with the approved plans.

(b) Where more than one inspection is, in the opinion of the Building Authority, made necessary either by faulty or defective work or by incorrect information the author- ized architect shall pay the prescribed fee in respect of each such additional inspection.

(8) No authorized architect shall act as a contractor or deal in building materials or receive any payment, commission, advan- tage or benefit of any nature or kind either directly or indirectly from any contractor, subcontractor or supplier of building mate- rials or other goods used in connexion with a building project without disclosing the fact in writing to his client.

(9) Every authorized architect shall within fourteen days notify the Building Authority of any change in his business address.

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B. (1) The Governor may appoint a Board for the purposes Disciplinary of section 5 of the Ordinance,

(2) (a) The Board shall consist of five persons of whom

there shall b

(i) three authorized architects,

(ii) Building Authority or his representative, (iii) legal adviser.

(b) The Building Authority or his representative and two

authorized architects shall constitute a quorum.

(c) The Building Authority or his representative shall be chairman and the legal adviser, if present, shall have the conduct of the inquiry.

PART 111.

Registered Contractors.

Hourd.

9. (1) Before the commencement of any building works Appoint- the building owner shall notify the Building Authority in the ment of

registered prescribed form of the name and address of the registered con- contractors

to be Tractor appointed to execute such building works.

notified. Form 15.

(a) Where any registered contractor so appointed becomes unable or unwilling to continue building works whether by reuson of the discharge of his contract or for any other reason-

(a) he shall—

(i) notify the Building Authority within seven days of ceasing to be the registered contractor employed by the building owner,

(ii) certify on the prescribed form within seven days Form 18. that such building works executed by him have been carried out in accordance with the regulations, to the authorized architect who shall submit to the Building Authority within seven days;

(b) no building works shall thereafter be executed until the

building owner shall have---

(i) appointed another registered contractor, and (ii) notified the Building Authority of such appoint- ment in the manner prescribed by paragraph (1) of regulation y.