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safe working order, he may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the lift or escalator, require the owner to cause the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested, or both, as the case may be, in accordance with section 21, 22, 23 or 24.
(2) Where the Director is satisfied that any lift works which consisted, either wholly or in part, of major alterations to a lift or that any other lift works which may affect the safe working of a lift have been carried out by some person other than a registered lift contractor, the Director may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the lift, require the owner to cause the lift and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined, or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested without any load in the lift, or both, by a registered lift engineer.
(3) Where the Director is satisfied that any escalator works which consisted, either wholly or in part, of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of an escalator or that any other escalator works which may affect the safe working of an escalator have been carried out by some person other than a registered escalator contractor, the Director may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the escalator, require the owner to cause the escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined, or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested, or both, by a registered escalator engineer.
(Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 25)
26. (1) (a) Where, upon any examination under section 21 or 22 or upon any examination in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith is in safe working order and where, upon any test under section 23 or 24 or upon any test in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the safety equipment provided for the lift or escalator is in safe working order, he shall, within 21 days of the examination or test, as the case may be, deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a certificate in duplicate in the specified form. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 26)
(b) The owner of the lift or escalator shall, within 7 days of his receipt thereof, deliver to the Director such certificate in duplicate and the prescribed fee. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 26)
(2) Where, upon any examination under section 21 or 22 or upon any examination in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the case may be,
Procedure upon examination or test.
1987 Ed.
Lifts and Escalators (Safety)
[CAP. 327
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safe working order, he may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the lift or escalator, require the owner to cause the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested, or both, as the case may be, in accordance with section 21, 22, 23 or 24.
(2) Where the Director is satisfied that any lift works which consisted, either wholly or in part, of major alterations to a lift or that any other lift works which may affect the safe working of a lift have been carried out by some person other than a registered lift contractor, the Director may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the lift, require the owner to cause the lift and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined, or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested without any load in the lift, or both, by a registered lift engineer.
(3) Where the Director is satisfied that any escalator works which consisted, either wholly or in part, of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of an escalator or that any other escalator works which may affect the safe working of an escalator have been carried out by some person other than a registered escalator con- tractor, the Director may, by order in the specified form served upon the owner of the escalator, require the owner to cause the escala- tor and all machinery and equipment connected therewith to be examined, or the safety equipment provided therefor to be tested, or both, by a registered escalator engineer.
(Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 25)
26. (1) (a) Where, upon any examination under section 21 or 22 or upon any examination in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the lift or escalator and all machinery and equipment connected therewith is in safe working order and where, upon any test under section 23 or 24 or upon any test in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, is satisfied that the safety equipment provided for the lift or escalator is in safe working order, he shall, within 21 days of the examination or test, as the case may be, deliver to the owner of the lift or escalator a certificate in duplicate in the specified form. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 26)
(b) The owner of the lift or escalator shall, within 7 days of his receipt thereof, deliver to the Director such certificate in duplicate and the prescribed fee. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 26)
(2) Where, upon any examination under section 21 or 22 or upon any examination in accordance with an order under section 25, the registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer, as the
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