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Formy 6 and 8,

Forms 6 and $.

Appeal to Supreme Court on point of law.

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equipment connected therewith and the safety equipment pro- vided therefor is in safe working order; or

(b) in the case of an appeal from a refusal of the Director under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 13, of opinion that those parts of the lift or escalator affected by the lift works or escalator works are in safe working order,

the board may direct that the Director shall, as soon as practicable, by notice in the prescribed form permit the lift or escalator to be used and operated or permit the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed, as the case may be.

(2) If, after due inquiry, the appeal board is, in the case of an appeal from a refusal of the Director under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 12, of opinion that the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith and the safety equipment provided therefor is not in safe working order or is, in the case of an appeal from a refusal of the Director under the provisions of paragraph (6) of subsection (3) of section 13, of opinion that those parts of the lift or escalator affected by the lift works or escalator works are not in safe working order, and is of opinion, in either of such cases, that the work specified by the Director, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of section 14, as being necessary to put the lift of escalator and all such machinery and equipment or such parts of the lift or escalator, as the case may be, in safe working order is not necessary, but that other work is so necessary, the board may specify the work which it considers to be necessary and may direct that the Director shall; when he is satisfied that such other work has been carried out, by notice in the prescribed from permit the lift or escalator to be used and operated or permit the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed, as the case may be.

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(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 IV.

Maintenance and examination of lifts and escalators and testing of safety equipment provided therefor.

(Cap. 4).

of lifts and

19. The owner of every lift and the owner of every escalator shall, Periodic to the satisfaction of the Director, cause the lift or escalator, all maintenance machinery and equipment connected therewith and the safety equipment escalators, provided therefor to be cleaned, oiled and adjusted by a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be. at intervals not exceeding one month.

cacalator

20. (1) Any lift works which consist, either wholly or in part, of Certain tất major alterations in respect of a lift and any other lift works which may works and affect the safe working of a lift shall be carried out by a registered lift works to be

csutied out by registered

contractor.

cscalator

(2) Any escalator works which consist, either wholly or in part, lift contractor of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of an escalator and or rcgistered any other escalator works which may affect the safe working of an contractor, cscalator shall be carried out by a registered escalator contractor.

of Hfts.

21. The owner of every lift shall, at intervals not exceeding twelve Periodic months, cause the lift to be thoroughly examined by a registered lift examination engineer in order to determine whether the lift and all machinery and equipment connected therewith is in safe working order and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, every such examination shall include, where applicable, an examination of the motor, brakes and con- (3) Save as provided in subsections (1) and (2), the appeal board trol equipment of the lift, of the interlocking devices provided for the shall confirm the decision of the Director and, in such a case, the provi-doors or gates of the lift-way and the car of the lift, and of the safety sions of subsection (2) of section 14 shall apply as if there had been ao equipment provided for the lift. appeal.

18. (1) A decision of an appeal board shall be final:

Provided that any person aggrieved by the decision as being erroneous in point of law may appeal to a judge of the Supreme Court, and upon any such appeal the judge may confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the appeal board or may remit the matter to the board with his opinion thereon.

(2) Notice of any such appeal shall be given within one month from the date of the decision of the appeal board.

of escalators.

22. The owner of every escalator shall, at intervals not exceeding Periodic ax months, cause the escalator to be thoroughly examined by a regis- amination tered escalator engineer in order to determine whether the escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith is in safe working order.

23. (1) In addition to the examination thereof required by the Periodic provisions of section 23, the owner of every lift shall cause the safety sting of equipment provided therefor to be tested by a registered lift engineer- ment of life.

safety equip

(a) at intervals not exceeding twelve months, by the operation of

the same without any load in the lift; and