### Fire Safety (Industrial Buildings) Ordinance 《消防安全(工業建築物)條例》

27. Issuing certificate of compliance
(1) If the enforcement authority is satisfied that the requirements or measures specified in a fire safety direction or in a fire safety compliance order have been complied with, the authority must as soon as practicable issue a certificate of compliance to the owner or occupier concerned.
(2) The function under subsection (1) may be performed—
(a) at the request of the owner or occupier concerned made under section 26(1); or
(b) on the enforcement authority’s own initiative.

28. Rejecting request for certificate of compliance
If the enforcement authority rejects the request of the owner or occupier made under section 26(1), the authority must as soon as practicable by written notice inform the owner or occupier of the rejection and the reasons for it.

29. Orders may be registered in Land Registry
An enforcement authority may cause to be registered by memorial in the Land Registry against the land register of a building or a part of a building—
(a) a fire safety compliance order for the building or part; or
(b) a prohibition order for the building or part.

30. Instruments to be registered
(1) If a fire safety compliance order is registered under section 29 for a building or a part of a building, the enforcement authority must—
(a) if the order is subsequently varied or revoked under section 14(1)—cause the varied fire safety compliance order or the revocation order to be registered for the building or part; or
(b) if a certificate of compliance is subsequently issued for the building or part—cause the certificate to be registered for the building or part.
(2) If a prohibition order is registered under section 29 for a building or a part of a building, the enforcement authority must—
(a) if the order is subsequently discharged under section 20(3)—cause the discharge order to be registered for the building or part; or
(b) if an order is subsequently made under section 21(4)—cause the subsequent order to be registered for the building or part.
(3) If an enforcement authority is required to cause an instrument to be registered under this section, the authority must, as soon as practicable within 1 month beginning on the date of the instrument, cause it to be registered by memorial in the Land Registry against the land register of the building or part.

### Fire Safety (Industrial Buildings) Ordinance 《消防安全(工業建築物)條例》

31. Registration in relation to owners’ corporation
(1) This section applies for the purposes of registration under sections 29 and 30 only.
(2) If an order referred to in section 29(a) or 30(1)(a) is made for a building or a part of a building against an owners’ corporation, the order is regarded as having been made against each owner of the building or part individually.
(3) If a certificate referred to in section 30(1)(b) is issued for a building or a part of a building to an owners’ corporation, the certificate is regarded as having been issued to each owner of the building or part individually.

32. Publishing information
In order to provide appropriate information to the public, an enforcement authority may upload onto its departmental website, or in another way publish, information about a fire safety direction, a fire safety compliance order, or a prohibition order, for a building or a part of a building, including but not limited to—
(a) the serial number of the direction or order;
(b) the address of the building or part;
(c) the date of the direction or order; and
(d) the compliance status of the direction or order.

33. Appointment of authorized officers
An enforcement authority may appoint a public officer in writing to be an authorized officer for the purposes of this Ordinance.

34. Assistant to authorized officer
When performing a function under this Ordinance, an authorized officer may be assisted by the persons who are reasonably required for performing the function.

35. Production of identification documents required when performing function
When performing a function under this Ordinance, an authorized officer must, if asked, produce for inspection identification documents that show his or her identity as an authorized officer, such as—
(a) an identification document of the post held; and
(b) a copy of any appointment under section 33.

36. Power to enter building without warrant
(1) If an authorized officer knows or reasonably believes that a building is one to which this Ordinance applies, the officer may enter and inspect the building or a part of the building during any reasonable hours without warrant in order to perform a function under this Ordinance.
(2) If an authorized officer knows or reasonably believes that an offence under this Ordinance is being or has been committed in a building or a part of a building, the officer may also enter and inspect the building or part during any reasonable hours without warrant.

### Fire Safety (Industrial Buildings) Ordinance 《消防安全(工業建築物)條例》

37. Magistrate may issue warrant
(1) On application by an enforcement authority, a magistrate may issue a warrant for a building or a part of a building if it is shown to the magistrate’s satisfaction on sworn or affirmed information that—
(a) the building is one to which this Ordinance applies or there is a good reason for an authorized officer to believe so;
(b) one of the following cases applies—
(i) the building or part is unoccupied;
(ii) an authorized officer, after making reasonable efforts, has not been able to contact the owner or occupier of the building or part;
(iii) admission to the building or part has been refused, or refusal of admission is reasonably expected;
(iv) the owner or occupier of the building or part is unreasonably delaying admission to the building or part;
(v) the case is one of urgency; and
(c) there is a good reason for an authorized officer to enter the building or part.
(2) A warrant may authorize an authorized officer to enter the building or part, if necessary by force.
(3) A warrant must state the purpose of entry.

38. When warrant ceases to be in force
A warrant issued under section 37(1) ceases to be in force on the earlier of—
(a) the end of 1 month beginning on the date of issue; or
(b) the fulfilment of the purpose stated in the warrant.

39. Security to be maintained after entering unoccupied building with warrant
If an authorized officer enters an unoccupied building or an unoccupied part of a building pursuant to a warrant issued under section 37(1), the officer must ensure that, on leaving the building or part, it is as effectively secured against trespassers as it was immediately before the entry.

40. Power to require information
An authorized officer may require a person to provide information that may identify an owner or occupier of a building or a part of a building, but only if—
(a) the officer reasonably believes that the person has the information; and
(b) the information cannot readily be obtained by inspecting a public record.

41. Offence relating to providing information
(1) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse—
(a) refuses or fails to answer a question put to the person under section 40; or
(b) provides an answer that the person knows or ought reasonably to know is false or misleading.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4.