### Lifts and Escalators Ordinance 《升降機及自動梯條例》

66. Improvement orders
(1) If the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that—
(a) any provision of this Ordinance has been contravened or is being contravened in relation to an escalator or any associated equipment or machinery of an escalator;
(b) an escalator or any associated equipment or machinery of an escalator is in a state that will cause or be likely to cause a risk of injury to any person or damage to any property;
(c) any escalator works have been carried out or are being carried out in a manner that will cause or be likely to cause a risk of injury to any person or damage to any property; or
(d) it is otherwise desirable to do so in the interest of safety,

the Director may by order served on the related person of the escalator direct the person to carry out any work specified in the order, in order to rectify or remedy or otherwise put an end to the contravention or to eliminate or reduce any risk of injury to any person or damage to any property.
(2) An order made under subsection (1) may specify the manner in which, and the time within which, any work specified in the order must be carried out or completed.
(3) An order made under subsection (1)—
(a) must be in the specified form;
(b) must state—
(i) the reasons for making the order; and
(ii) the date before which the work must be completed; and
(c) may contain any conditions the Director may reasonably impose.
(4) If a person on whom an order is served under subsection (1), without reasonable excuse, contravenes the order, the person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months and, if the offence is a continuing offence, to a fine of $2,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
(5) In this section—
related person (有關連人士), in relation to an escalator, means—
(a) the responsible person for the escalator;
(b) the registered escalator contractor (if any) who undertakes the escalator works to which the order relates; or
(c) the registered escalator engineer (if any) who engages in the escalator works to which the order relates.

Note—See also section 2(4).

### Lifts and Escalators Ordinance 《升降機及自動梯條例》

67. Director’s power to remove escalators or to carry out other works, etc. in case of non-compliance with section 62 or 65
(1) If an order made under section 62, other than an order made on the ground mentioned in section 62(1)(a), is contravened, the Director may without any notice to the responsible person for the escalator carry out any work and provide any service necessary for carrying out the work, to ensure that the order will be complied with.
(2) If an order made under section 65 is contravened, the Director may without any notice to the responsible person for the escalator—
(a) remove the escalator or any part of the escalator, or any associated equipment or machinery of the escalator, to remedy the contravention; and
(b) carry out any work and provide any service necessary for carrying out the work to remedy the contravention.
(3) In any case, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that—
(a) it is necessary to do so to eliminate or reduce any grave or imminent risk of injury to any person or damage to any property; or
(b) it is otherwise necessary to do so in the interest of safety,

the Director may without notice to the responsible person for the escalator carry out any work in relation to the escalator, and provide any service necessary for carrying out the work.

68. Subcontracting restricted
(1) Except with the written approval of the Director, a registered escalator contractor who undertakes any escalator works must not subcontract the works or any part of the works to any other person who is not a registered escalator contractor.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 12 months.
(3) This section does not apply to any works concerning the installation or demolition of an escalator.

69. Display of use permits
(1) The responsible person for an escalator must ensure that the use permit for the time being in force in respect of the escalator is displayed at all times in a conspicuous position adjacent to a landing of the escalator.
(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

### Lifts and Escalators Ordinance 《升降機及自動梯條例》

70. Incidents to be reported to Director
(1) If there is an incident relating to an escalator, the responsible person for the escalator must within 24 hours after the incident comes to the person’s knowledge, notify in writing the Director and the following person of the incident—
(a) the registered escalator contractor who currently undertakes any escalator works in respect of the escalator; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the registered escalator contractor who most recently has undertaken any escalator works in respect of the escalator.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the registered escalator contractor who is notified under subsection (1) must—
(a) cause a registered escalator engineer to investigate the incident and to prepare and complete, within 7 days after the date on which the contractor is notified under subsection (1), a full report of the investigation that complies with any regulation made under section 154; and
(b) submit to the Director the report within the period specified in paragraph (a).
(3) If for any reason the contractor who is notified under subsection (1) is of the opinion that a full report is unable to be submitted as required under subsection (2), the contractor must—
(a) notify in writing the Director of the fact within 3 days after the date on which the contractor is notified under subsection (1);
(b) cause the registered escalator engineer referred to in subsection (2)—
(i) to prepare and complete, within the period specified in paragraph (a), a preliminary report of the investigation that complies with any regulation made under section 154; and
(ii) to prepare and complete, within 14 days after the date on which the incident occurs or a longer period that the Director may approve, a full report of the investigation that complies with any regulation made under section 154; and
(c) submit to the Director—
(i) the preliminary report within the period specified in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the full report within the period within which the report is required to be completed under paragraph (b)(ii).
(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.