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[接上页] Cap 470 s 21 Routine maintenance by registered contractor (1) A registered contractor shall, at intervals not exceeding 7 days, inspect, clean, oil and adjust all machinery and equipment to ensure that the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is in safe working order. (2) A registered contractor shall maintain a log book, in the form and containing information specified by the Director, either- (a) at the construction site where the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is located; or (b) at his principal office if the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is not located at a construction site.(3) A registered contractor shall, at all reasonable times, make the log book available for inspection by the Director. (Enacted 1995) Cap 470 s 22 Periodic test and examination of safety equipment by registered examiner (1) A registered contractor whose services have been retained by the owner of a builder's lift or tower working platform under section 13 shall employ a registered examiner to carry out a test and examination of such builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, at intervals not exceeding 6 months. (2) In this section, "test and examination" (测试及检验) means- (a) examination of all machinery and equipment to ensure it is in good working condition; (b) functional tests at rated speed and at rated load; (c) testing of driving machine brake, and additional braking system, if any, at 125% of rated load and at rated speed; (d) testing of overload sensing device at not more than 110% of rated load; (e) testing of safety gear at rated load and at tripping speed of the overspeed governor.(3) Where the registered examiner, after carrying out the test and examination, is satisfied that the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, complies with the relevant requirements set out in section 9 and is in safe working order, he shall forthwith deliver to the registered contractor, in the form and containing the information specified by the Director, a certificate of test and examination in duplicate. (4) The registered contractor shall forthwith countersign the certificate and deliver it to the owner. (5) The owner shall, within 7 days of receiving the certificate, deliver it to the Director together with the prescribed fee, and the Director shall, if he is- (a) satisfied with the certificate, endorse the original and return it to the owner; or (b) not satisfied with the certificate, notify the owner in writing that the use of the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is prohibited, and the Director shall give his reasons for prohibiting its use.(6) Where the registered examiner is not satisfied that the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, complies with the relevant requirements set out in section 9 or is not in safe working order, he shall immediately report that fact to the Director and the registered contractor, and the registered contractor shall take the necessary steps to correct the problem. (7) When the registered contractor has taken the necessary steps to correct the problem, the registered examiner shall carry out a further test and examination under this section. (8) Where the registered contractor is advised under subsection (6) that the builder's lift or tower working platform has not passed the test and examination, he shall immediately ensure that it is not used until such time as he receives a certificate from the registered examiner stating that it has passed such test and examination. (9) Where the owner receives a notice from the Director under subsection (5)(b), he shall ensure that the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is not used until such time as he is notified in writing by the Director that its use is no longer prohibited. (10) For the purpose of determining the 6 month period under subsection (1), the fact that a test and examination has been carried out under section 18 shall be taken into consideration. (Enacted 1995) Cap 470 s 23 Failure to notify Director of periodic test and examination Where, within 4 weeks after the expiration of any period in which a test and examination is required under section 22, the Director has not received a certificate required to be delivered to him under that section, he may order the owner to arrange for such a test and examination to be carried out and to deliver the certificate to the Director within 21 days of receiving the order. (Enacted 1995) Cap 470 s 24 Director may prohibit use of builder's lift or tower working platform PART VII ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES In addition to such other powers as are provided by this Ordinance, the Director may, by order in writing, prohibit an owner from using a builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, in any of the following circumstances- (a) after inspection of the log book, the Director believes that the builder's lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, has not been properly maintained in accordance with section 21; |