LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CHAPTER 327

LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY)

The Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance is amended-

(1) in section 3(1)-

(a)by repealing 'This' and substituting 'Subject to subsec-
tion (1A), this';

(b)by repealing subparagraphs (i), (ia), (ii) and (iii) of
paragraph (a); and

(c) by repealing paragraph (b) and substituting---
(b) every escalator. (Replaced 5 of 1989 s.2)

(2) by adding after section 3(1)--

(IA) Parts III, IV and IVA and sections 29, 29A and 33
shall not apply to a lift or escalator installed in any building-

(a)belonging to the Government or to the government of
any member of the Commonwealth or over which the
Government or such government has control and
management;

(b)upon any land vested in the Housing Authority or in
any building over which the Housing Authority has
control and management;

(c)upon any land vested in any person on behalf of Her
Majesty's naval, military or air force services or in
any building over which any of such services has
control and management; or

(d)which belongs wholly to the government of a foreign
country and which is used exclusively or mainly for
the purpose of the official business of the consular
officer of such government. (Added 5 of 1989 s. 2)

(3)in sections 8A and 11F by repealing 'Secretary for Lands and
Works' wherever it occurs and substituting 'Secretary for
Planning, Environment and Lands';

(4) by repealing the heading to Part III and substituting-

EXAMINATION AND TESTING OF LIFTS AND ES-
CALATORS AFTER INSTALLATION OR ALTERA-
TION (Replaced 5 of 1989 s. 3)

(5) in section 12-

(a)in subsection (3)(a) by repealing '32(2)' and substituting
'32(2A)';





(b)in subsection (4) by adding 'or section 32(2C)' after
'section 14(1)';

(6) in section 14(2) by repealing '32(2)' and substituting '32(2A)';

(7)in section 29(3) by adding 'or section 32(2B)' after 'sec-
tion 27;

(8) by repealing section 32(2) and substituting-
(2) Where more than one lift or escalator is installed
in any building, the owner of the lifts or escalators shall, in
accordance with subsection (2A), send to the Director a
plan showing the position in the building of, and the
number marked on, each lift or escalator. (Replaced 5 of
1989 s.7)
(M) The plan referred to in subsection (2) shall,
subject to subsection (2B), be sent before or at the same
time as the certificate issued under section 12(2) or, where
an application is made to the Director under section 35,
before or at the same time as that application is made, and
the Director may, in accordance with subsection (2Q and
notwithstanding section 12(3)(a), refuse to permit the use
and operation of the lifts or escalators, as the case may be,
until he has received the plan or has, under subsection (3),
caused the plan to be prepared. (Added 5 of 1989 s. 7)
(2B) The plan referred to in subsection (2) shall, in
so far as it relates to any service lift, be sent before or at
the same time as the first certificate issued under section
26(1) or, where an application is made to the Director
under section 35, before or at the same time as that
application is made, and if such a plan is not so sent the
Director may, by order in the specified form served upon
the owner of the service lift, prohibit the use and operation
ofthe service lift. (Added 5 of 1989s. 7)
(2Q Where, under subsection (M), the Director
refuses to permit any lifts or escalators to be used or
operated until he has received, or has caused to be
prepared, the required plan, he shall, in writing within 14
days of the receipt by him of the certificate issued under
section 12(2) or of the application under section 35, as the
case may be, notify the owner of the lifts or escalators that
he so refuses and shall, at the same time, inform the owner
ofthe ground for his refusal. (Added 5 of 1989 s. 7)
(213) An order under subsection (2B) shall continue
in operation until the Director has received, or has caused
to be prepared, a plan showing the position of the service
lift in the building and the number marked on it, and has,
in the specified form, permitted the use and operation of
the service lift to commence or be resumed. (Added 5 of
1989 s.7)





(9)in section 35(3)(a) and (b) by adding 'or section 32(2B)' after
'section 27;

(10) in section 38(1) by adding 'or section 32(213)' after 'sec-
tion 27;

(11) in section 46(1)-
(a)by repealing '(a)(i), and (ia) and (ii) and (b)(i), (ia) and (ii)
of section 3(1)' and substituting '(a), (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 3(1A)';

(b) by repealing 'Crown' and substituting 'Government';

(12) in sections 14(1), 29(1) and 39(2) by repealing 'new'.
5 of 1989 s. 2 L.N. 244 of 1989 5 of 1989 s. 4 5 of 1989 s. 5. 5 of 1989 s. 6. 5 of 1989 s. 8. 5 of 1989 s. 9. 5 of 1989 s. 10. 5 of 1989 s. 11.

5 of 1989 s. 2 L.N. 244 of 1989 5 of 1989 s. 4 5 of 1989 s. 5. 5 of 1989 s. 6. 5 of 1989 s. 8. 5 of 1989 s. 9. 5 of 1989 s. 10. 5 of 1989 s. 11.

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