1971-HKRS30-16-30_Part05 — Page 23

Prohibition on sale of certain portable ¿quiponent,

Installation of fire service installations of equipment.

Maintenance or repair of fire service installations ar equipment.

Duty of ownECK of Bre service installations

or equipment.

Issue of certificates

by registered contractors.

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(b) be made available for inspection by any person at all reasonable times free of charge at the offices of the Fire Services Department and at each fire station in Hong Kong.

5. No person shall sell or supply any portable equipment which is not included in the equipment list.

6. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no fire service installation or equipment shall be installed in any premises by any person other than a registered contractor,

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any portable equipment which is not required by law to be installed in any premises.

7. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person other than a registered contractor shall maintain or repair any fire service installation or equipment which is installed in any premises.

(2) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to any portable equipment which is not required by law to be installed in any premises.

8. The owner of any fire service installation or equipment which is installed in any premises shall—

(a) keep such fire service installation or equipment in

efficient working order at all times; and

(b) have such fire service installation or equipment inspected by a registered contractor at least once in every twelve months.

9. (1) Whenever a registered contractor installs, maintains, repairs or inspects any fire service installation or equipment in any premises, he shall within fourteen days after completion of the work issue to the person on whose instructions the work was undertaken a certificate and forward a copy thereof to the Director, (2) A certificate issued under paragraph (1) shall state- (a) the address of the premises in which the work was

carried out;

(b) a description of the fire service installation or equipment

concerned;

(c) the nature of the work carried out; and

(d) whether or not the fire service installation or equipment

is in efficient working order.

(3) Any registered contractor who-

(a) contravenes paragraph (1); or

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(b) issues or forwards a certificate thereunder, or a copy

thereof, which he knows is false or misleading,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

10.

(1) The Director may, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe a Code of Practice which shall govern the inspection and testing of fire service equipment.

(2) Any fire service installation or equipment shall be deemed to be in efficient working order if it complies with the require- ments specified by the Director in the Code of Practice prescribed under paragraph (1)

(3) The Code of Practice prescribed under paragraph (1) shall-

(a) be published in the Gazette at least once in every year

and

(b) be made available for inspection by any person at all reasonable times free of charge at the offices of the Fire Services Department and at each fire station in Hong Kong.

11.

The Director may authorize the Deputy Director or a Chief Fire Officer to exercise any of the powers or duties conferred

or imposed on him by these regulations.

Standard of inspection.

Delegation of powers.

12. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of Penalty. regulation 5, 6, 7 or 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

28th September 1971.

MA. Hammond

Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, bur is intended to indicate their general purport),

These regulations control the sale, supply, installation, repair, mainten- ance and inspection of fire service installations and equipment,

Regulation 3 enables the Director to approve portable equipment and provides for an appeal against his decision to be made to the Governor, and regulation 4 provides for the keeping of a list of approved portable equipment.