Appoint- ment and powers of disciplinary board.
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(c) comply generally with this Ordinance.
(4) A structural engineer may not be appointed as a consultant under subsection (1)(B) unless he is registered in the structural engineers' register,
5. (1) For the purposes of section 3(10) and section 7, the Building Authority may, from time to time, appoint a disciplinary board.
(2) Every such board shall consist of (d) 3 persons who are members of the Au- thorized Persons' and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel appoint- ed under section 5A, at least 1 of whom shall be a member of the same profession as the appellant or the person in respect of whom the inquiry is being held;
(b) the Building Authority or his representative:
(c)
and
a legal adviser.
(3) The chairman of a disciplinary board appointed under this section shall be the Building Authority or his representative on the board or such other member of the board as the Building Authority shall appoint.
(4) For the purposes of any inquiry under section 7, a disciplinary board appointed under this section shall have all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court in relation to-
(2) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and
examining them upon oath or otherwise;
(b) compelling the production of documents; (c) ordering the inspection of premises; and (d) entering upon and viewing premises.
(5) The members of any disciplinary board appointed under this section, other than persons who are in full-time employment in any office of emolu- ment under the Crown, shall be remunerated at such rate as the Governor may determine from time to time or in any particular case.
Authorized
5A. (1) There shall be an Authorized Persons' Persons' and and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel, which shall be appointed by the Governor,
Registered Structural Enginects' Disciplinary Board Panel,
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(2) The Authorized Persons and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel shall consist of not more than 20 members, of whom-
(a) 5 shall be members of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects whose names are included in list I:
(b) 5 shall be members of the Engineering Society of Hong Kong whose names are included in list II:
(c) 5 shall be members of the Institution of Structural Engineers (Hong Kong Branch) who are registered structural engineers; (d) S shall be members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Hong Kong Branch) whose names are included in list II.
(3) No person shall be appointed to be a member of the panel unless he has been in practice in Hong Kong for a period of at least 10 years and have been recommended by the Building Authority after con- sultation with the appropriate Institute, Institution or Society.
(4) Members of the panel shall hold office for 3 years but shall be eligible for reappointment.”.
Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended in Amendment subsection (1)-
(a) by deleting "subsection (6) of section 3" and substituting
the following-
"section 3(10)"; and
(6) by deleting "architects" register" in paragraph (b) and
substituting the following-
"authorized persons' register or structural engineers' register, as the case may be".
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