1971-HKRS29-8-38_Part03 — Page 53

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Changes in design or usc of promises increasing fire risk.

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(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by-

(a) the certificate in respect of which the application is made; (b) every copy of the certificate issued under subsection (1)

of section 18; and

(c) three copies of a plan or diagram, specifying dimensions. of the premises or the part of the premises to which the application relates.

(3) An application under paragraph (4) of subsection (1) shall specify the names and addresses of the landlord and the tenant of the premises or the part of the premises to which the application relates.

(4) An application under paragraph (4) of subsection (1) in respect of any premises or any part of any premises which are not designed and constructed for the purposes of a school shall be accompanied by the certificates and the notice specified in sub- section (1) of section 12, and the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 12 shall apply as if the application were an application for registration of a school.

(5) Ou receiving an application in accordance with this section, the Director shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application-

(2) by granting the application wholly or partly, in either of which cases be sball amend the certificate of registra, tion or provisional registration and the copies thereof accordingly; or

(b) by refusing to grant the application.

(6) The Director shall return to the supervisor the certificate of registration or provisional registration and the copies thereof, amended accordingly if he grants an application under paragraph (4) of subsection (5).

21. (1) If in the opinion of the Director of Fire Services a change in-

(a) the design or structure of the premises in or in any part

of which a school is operated; or

(b) the use of any part of the premises in or in any part of

which a school is operated,

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is such that the persons in the school premises arc exposed to any undue risk of fire, or that in the event of fire in the premises in or in any part of which the school is operated, the means of escape for all the persons in the premises (including the persons in the school premises) would not be adequate, he may deliver to the Director a notice in writing which shall either-

(i) specify any provision which in his opinion should be made by the school to eliminate the undue risk of fire. or to ensure that in the event of fire the means of escape for all the persons in the premises (including the persons in the school premises) will be adequate; or

(i) if the Director of Fire Services considers that no provi- sion can be made by the school to eliminate the undue risk of fire, or to ensure that in the event of fire the means of escape for all the persons in the premises (including the persons in the school premises) will be adequate, state that in his opinion no such provision can be made.

(2) If the Director of Fire Services delivers to the Director a notice under subsection (1) in respect of a school specifying any provision which the Director of Fire Services considers should be made by the school, the Director may by notice in writing served on the supervisor of the school require such provision to be made. 22. (1) The Director may cancel the registration or provi- sional registration of a school---

(a) on any ground specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (). (f. 6). (. G). (9). (5. (m) or (n) of section 14 on which he would have been entitled to refuse registra- tion of a school, whether or not such ground existed al the time when the school was registered or provisionally registered:

(b) if any manager of the school has committed an offence against this Ordinance subsequent to the registration or provisional registration of the school;

(c) if it appears to the Director that the school bas ceased to exist, or that for a continuous period of not less than one school term the school has ceased to operate;

(d) if a direction given in a notice served under subsection (2) of section 82 on the supervisor or any other manager of the school has not been complied with;

(e) if it appears to the Director that the management com- mittee is not managing the school satisfactorily, or that the education of the pupils is not being promoted in a proper manner;

Grounds for cancellation of registration or provisional registration of school.

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