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[接上页] 2. Remaining provisions of this section have commenced operation since 1 April 1998. (1) An applicant for registration as a general building contractor or a specialist contractor is required to apply to the Building Authority in the specified form. (2) An applicant must satisfy the Building Authority on- (a) if it is a corporation, the adequacy of its management structure; (b) the appropriate experience and qualifications of his personnel; (c) his ability to have access to plant and resources; (d) the ability of the person appointed by the applicant to act for the applicant for the purposes of this Ordinance to understand building works and street works through relevant experience and a general knowledge of the basic statutory requirements.(3) An applicant for registration as a specialist contractor must satisfy the Building Authority that he has the necessary experience and, where appropriate, professional and academic qualifications, to undertake work in the specialist category. (4) An application for registration as a general building contractor or a specialist contractor must include an endorsement, in the specified form, of an authorized person, a registered structural engineer or The Hong Kong Construction Association Ltd. (5) An applicant is to- (a) specify in the application a period (which is either 1 year or 3 years beginning on the date of inclusion of his name in the register) for which he seeks registration; and (b) pay the prescribed fee for the application.(6) The Building Authority is to refer an application to the Contractors Registration Committee. (7) The Building Authority, within 3 months of the date of the meeting of the Contractors Registration Committee at which the application is considered, is required to- (a) on payment by the applicant of the prescribed fee for registering the applicant's name, publish it in the Gazette, enter it in the appropriate register and issue a certificate of registration; or (b) inform the applicant that his application has been deferred for a period not exceeding 6 months; or (c) refuse the application.(8) The Building Authority is to have regard to the qualifications, competence and experience of- (a) the applicant in considering an application for inclusion in the register of general building contractors or the register of specialist contractors; (b) the directors, other officers and any person appointed by the applicant to act for it for the purposes of this Ordinance if the applicant is a body corporate,and may require the applicant to submit relevant information and documentary evidence to support a claim to qualifications, competence or experience. (9) The Building Authority may take into account relevant experience in Hong Kong as a qualification in considering an application for inclusion in the register of general building contractors. (10) The Building Authority must not include the name of an applicant in the register of general building contractors or the register of specialist contractors unless the Contractors Registration Committee recommends him. (11) A contractor's name may be included in both the register of general building contractors and the register of specialist contractors and in different sub-registers of specialist contractors if he has the relevant qualifications. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 9) Cap 123 s 8C Renewal of registration as a contractor Remarks: 1. L.N. 532 of 1997 brought 54 of 1996 s. 9 into operation on 7 November 1997 (in so far as that section repeals section 8 in respect of registered contractors and substitutes the new section 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F and 8G in respect of registered general building contractors). 2. Remaining provisions of this section have commenced operation since 1 April 1998. (1) A contractor may apply to the Building Authority for the renewal of his registration- (a) if his name is on the register of general building contractors or the register of specialist contractors; or (b) if his registration expires pursuant to section 53F(1)(ii).(2) An application for renewal of registration must- (a) be in the specified form; (b) be accompanied by a declaration in the specified form, the information and the documentary proof that the Building Authority may reasonably require to be satisfied that the applicant is suitable to continue to be registered; (c) be received by the Building Authority not earlier than 4 months and not later than 28 days prior to the date of the expiry of the relevant registration; (d) specify the period of either 1 year or 3 years beginning on the date of the expiry of the registration as the period for which he seeks renewal; and (e) be accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee.(3) The registration of a contractor will continue to be in force if he makes an application for renewal within the time limit and pays the renewal fee until his application for renewal is finalised by the Building Authority, subject to any decision of the Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board. |