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Appointment

and duties of registered lift

comracorn

and escalator

contractors.

Appointment

and powers of disciplinary

board.

whom the building works or street works, as the case may be, are to be or are being carried out shall appoint another registered contractor in his stead.

(3) A registered contractor so appointed shall— (a) give continuous supervision to the carrying out of the building works or street works, as the case may be:

(b) aotify the Building Authority of any contravention of the regulations which would result from the carrying out of the work shown in any plan approved by the Building Authority in respect of the building works or street works; and

(c) comply generally with the provisions of this

Ordinance.

7A. (1) Every person for whom lift works or escalator works are to be carried out shall appoint a registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in respect thereof,

(2) IE

a registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor so appointed 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 whom the lift works or escalator works are to be or are Being carried out shall appoint another registered lift con- tractor or registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in his stead.

(3) A registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor so appointed shall-

(a) give continuous supervision to the carrying out

of the lift works or escalator works; and

(b) comply generally with the provisions of this

Ordinance.

8. (1) For the purposes of subsection (4) of section 6 and section 8B, the Governor may, from time to time, on application made to bim by the Building Authority, appoint a disciplinary board.

(2) Every board appointed to hear an appeal under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 6 or to hear and determine any proceedings under section 8B against a registered contractor shall consist of-

(a) two registered contractors;

(b) three authorized architects:

(c) the Building Authority or his representative; and (d) a legal adviser.

Appeals under section 600.

Disciplinary proceedings

in respect of registered

contractors,

etc..

(3) Every board appointed to hear an appeal under paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 6 or to hear and determine any proceedings under section 8B against a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor shall consist of-

(a) an authorized architect who is qualified as an

engineer;

(b) three engineers having such qualifications as the Building Authority may consider sufficient, of whom at least one shall be qualified as an electrical engineer and at least one as a mechanical engineer;

(c) the Building Authority or his representative; and (ɗ) a legal adviser.

(4) The Building Authority or his representative shall be the chairman of any such disciplinary board and, where any such board is appointed for the purposes of section 8B, the legal adviser shall have the conduct of the inquiry.

(3) For the purposes of any inquiry under section 8B, a disciplinary bourd appointed under this section shall have all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court in relation to

(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examin-

ing them upon oath or otherwise;

(b) compelling the production of documents:

(c) ordering the inspection of premises; and

(d) entering upon and viewing premises.

BA. (1) Upon an appeal under subsection (4) of section 6, the disciplinary board may either-

(a) confirm the decision of the Building Authority; or (5) direct that the appellant's name be entered in

the appropriate register.

(2) The decision of the disciplinary board shall be final.

BB. (1) Where it appears to the Building Authority that a registered contractor or a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor has been convicted by any court of such an offence or has, in the carrying out