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[接上页] (a) for an Authorized Persons Registration Committee, on the same list in the authorized persons' register as that on which the applicant wishes to be included; and (b) for a Structural Engineers Registration Committee, a registered structural engineer. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4)(5I) The Chairman of a Registration Committee is elected by its members. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (5J) A Registration Committee is required to meet as often as the Building Authority directs. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (6) Every applicant for inclusion in the authorized persons' register or the structural engineers' register shall submit his application in the specified form to the secretary of the respective Registration Committee. (Amended 68 of 1993 s. 3) (6A) An applicant under subsection (6)- (a) shall specify in the application a period (which shall be a period of 12 months beginning on the date of inclusion of his name in the register concerned) as the period for which he seeks his name to be retained in that register; (b) shall pay- (i) upon submission of the application, the nonrefundable prescribed fee for processing of the application; (ii) upon the application being granted, the respective prescribed fees for inclusion and retention of his name in the appropriate register. (Replaced 39 of 2000 s. 2)(7) A person must not be included in a register unless- (a) he has obtained the prescribed qualifications; and (b) he is recommended by the respective Registration Committee for inclusion. (Replaced 54 of 1996 s. 4)(7A) If an applicant for inclusion in a register fails to satisfy subsection (7), the Building Authority shall refuse the application. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (7B) If an applicant for inclusion in a register satisfies subsection (7), the Building Authority shall grant the application unless for other reasons he thinks fit to refuse the application. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (7C) The Building Authority shall give reasons in writing to- (a) the applicant for the refusal of an application for inclusion in a register; (b) the respective Registration Committee for the refusal of an application for inclusion in a register,and the reasons must refer to the requirements of subsections (7) and (7B). (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (7D) In subsections (7) to (7C), "register" (名册) means the authorized persons' register kept under subsection (1) or the structural engineers' register kept under subsection (3), as the case may be. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (8) Subject to subsection (7), a person's name may be included in both the authorized persons' register and the structural engineers' register and in more than 1 list in the authorized persons' register. (9) In respect of every application for inclusion in any list in the authorized persons' register or in the structural engineers' register, the Building Authority shall within 3 months from the date of the meeting of the respective Registration Committee at which the application was considered- (a) on payment by the applicant of the prescribed fees mentioned in subsection (6A)(b)(ii), publish in the Gazette and enter in the appropriate list or, as the case may be, register the name of that applicant; or (Replaced 39 of 2000 s. 2) (b) inform the applicant that his application is deferred for a period not exceeding 12 months; or (c) refuse his application.(9A) An application that has been deferred under subsection (9)(b) shall, when it comes up for consideration again- (a) be accepted, so that the applicant is included in the appropriate list or registered, as the case may be, upon payment of the prescribed fee; or (b) be refused. (Added 57 of 1987 s. 3)(9B) A person- (a) whose name is included or retained in or restored to the authorized persons' register or the structural engineers' register, under this section; or (b) whose registration expires pursuant to section 53F(1)(i),may apply to the Building Authority, in accordance with subsection (9C), for the further retention or retention, as may be appropriate, of his name in the register for a period of 12 months. (Added 77 of 1994 s. 3) (9C) An application under subsection (9B) shall be- (a) in the specified form; (b) made so as to 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; and (Replaced 54 of 1996 s. 4) (c) accompanied by the appropriate prescribed fee; (Added 77 of 1994 s. 3) (d) accompanied by a copy of a valid certificate of registration or of renewal of registration issued under the respective Registration Ordinance. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4)(9D) The Building Authority shall refuse an application under subsection (9B) unless the applicant holds the prescribed qualifications for registration as an authorized person or a registered structural engineer. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) (9E) The registration of an authorized person or structural engineer will continue to be in force if he makes an application for retention within the time limit and pays the retention fee until his application for retention is finalised by the Building Authority, subject to any decision of the relevant Disciplinary Board. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 4) |