Examination
and testing of its to which major alterations have been made and
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13. (1) Where any lift works which consist, either wholly or in part, of major alterations have been carried out in respect of any lift and where any escalator works which consist, either wholly or in part, of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of the escalator have been carried out in respect of any escalator, the owner of the lift or escalator shall, before the normal use and operation thereof is resumed, cause the lift or escalator to be examined and tested by a registered lift speed, etc. has engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, so far as may be necessary to determine that those parts of the lift or escalator affected by such lift works or escalator works are in safe working order.
of escalator to which
alteration of
been made.
Form 1.
Form 8.
Procedure
upon refusa
of Director under sections 12 and 13.
(2) When the registered lift engineer or the registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that such parts of the lift or escalator are in safe working order. he shall deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a certificate in the prescribed form, and the owner shall deliver the same to the Director within seven days of his receipt thereof.
(3) When such certificate is delivered to the Director, he shall- () if he is satisfied that such parts of the lift or escalator are in safe working order, by notice in the prescribed form permit the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed; or (b) if he is not so satisfied, refuse to permit the use or operation
of the lift or escalator to be resumed.
(4) The Director shall be deemed to have permitted the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed 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 use or operation of the same to be resumed.
14. (1) Where, under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 12 and paragraph (6) of subsection (3) of section 13, respectively, the Director refuses to permit a new lift or escalator to be used or operated or refuses to permit the use or operation of a lift or escalator to be resumed, he shall, in writing within fourteen days of the receipt by him of the certificate of the registered lift engineer or regis- tered escalator engineer, notify the owner of the lift or escalator that be so refuses and shall, at the same time, inform such owner of the ground for his refusal and of the work which is, in his opinion. necessary-
(a) in the case of a refusal under the provisions of paragraph (8) of subsection (3) of section 12, to put the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith and the safety equipment provided therefor in safe working order; and (b) in the case of a refusal under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 13, to put those parts of the lift
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or escalator affected by the lift works or escalator works in safe working order.
(2) Save as provided in subsection (3) of section 33, the Director shall, when he is satisfied that such lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith and the safety equipment provided therefor is in safe working order or that those parts of the lift or escalator affected by the lift works or escalator works are in safe working order, as the case may be, by notice in the prescribed form Poms 6 permit the lift or escalator to be used and operated or permit the use and . and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed.
15. (1) Where, under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection Owner may (3) of section 12 and paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 13. appeal against
refusal of respectively, the Director refuses to permit a lift or escalator to be used Director. or operated or refuses to permit the use of operation of a lift or escala- tor to be resumed, the owner of the lift or escalator may appeal against such refusal to an appeal board appointed under the provisions of section 16,
(2) Notice of any such appeal shall be given to the Director within fourteen days of such refusal.
16. (1) For the purposes of section 15, the Governor may, from Appointment time to time on application made to him by the Director, appoint an
of appeal board. appeal board.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), every such board shall consist of the following members, each of whom shall be nominated for appointment by the Chairman of the Hong Kong Joint Overseas Group of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers' Institutions-
(a) an authorized architect who is a corporate member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers;
(b) a
corporate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; and
(c) a corporate member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. (3) A person who is employed full time in any office of emolument under the Crown shall not be eligible for appointment as a member of any appeal board.
(4) The members of any appeal board shall be remunerated at a rate according to the amount of work and the time occupied, and such remuneration shall be determined in each case by the Govermor.
17. (1) If, after due inquiry, the appeal board is—
Determing- tion of appeal board and
(a) in the case of an appeal from a refusal of the Director under
the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 12, procedure of opinion that the lift or escalator and all machinery and
thereafter,
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