### Builders’ Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety) Ordinance 《建築工地升降機及塔式工作平台(安全)條例》

19. Report and certificate of registered examiner after installation or major alteration
(1) Where a registered examiner, after carrying out the test and examination, is satisfied that a 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) a report on the test and examination; and
(b) a certificate of test and examination in duplicate.
(2) The registered contractor shall forthwith countersign the certificate and deliver it and the report to the owner.
(3) The owner shall deliver the report and certificate to the Director together with the prescribed fee, and the Director shall, if he is—
(a) satisfied with the report and certificate, endorse the original of the certificate and return it to the owner; or
(b) not satisfied with the report and 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) The owner shall ensure that a builder’s lift or tower working platform to which this section applies is not used until he receives the endorsed original of the certificate from the Director under subsection (3)(a).

### Builders’ Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety) Ordinance 《建築工地升降機及塔式工作平台(安全)條例》

20. Report of registered examiner after alteration of height of travel
(1) Where a registered contractor carries out lift work that alters the height of travel of a lift cage or platform, he shall, before allowing it to be used, employ a registered examiner to carry out a test and examination of the builder’s lift or tower working platform, as the case may be.
(2) In this section, test and examination (測試及檢驗) means carrying out the following safety checks—
(a) examination of all machinery and equipment to ensure it is in good working condition;
(b) checking the condition of the mast extension and its anchorage to adjacent structure;
(c) checking the condition of the suspension system including the rack and pinion suspension system or rope suspension system;
(d) checking the operation of the safety gear;
(e) checking the operation of other safety devices including final limit switches and the electro-mechanical interlocking devices;
(f) testing the running of the lift cage or platform, as the case may be, over the full range of normal operating travel.

(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 a report on the test and examination in the form and containing the information specified by the Director.
(4) The registered contractor shall attach the report to the log book required to be kept under section 21 and shall make the report available to the Director on request.
(5) 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.
(6) 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 and, if satisfied, shall advise the Director of that fact.
(7) The owner shall ensure that a builder’s lift or tower working platform to which this section applies is not used until he is advised by the registered contractor that the report has been received from the registered examiner.

### Builders’ Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety) Ordinance 《建築工地升降機及塔式工作平台(安全)條例》

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.

### Builders’ Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety) Ordinance 《建築工地升降機及塔式工作平台(安全)條例》

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.

24. Director may prohibit use of builder’s lift or tower working platform
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;
(b) the Director has not received a certificate within the 21-day period referred to in section 23; (Amended E.R. 1 of 2021)
(c) the Director is not satisfied with a report or certificate submitted to him;
(d) a registered examiner, after performing a test and examination, notifies the Director that the builder’s lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is not in safe working order;
(e) after carrying out an inspection, the Director believes that the builder’s lift or tower working platform, as the case may be, is not in safe working order.

25. Additional powers of Director
The Director may—
(a) enter a construction site and inspect and carry out such tests as he considers necessary in respect of a builder’s lift or tower working platform;
(b) order an owner of a builder’s lift or tower working platform, in respect of which he has issued an order prohibiting its use, to disconnect the electricity supply to it;
(c) require an owner to submit a report, which has been prepared by a registered examiner and is in the form and contains the information specified by the Director, in respect of any accident involving a builder’s lift or tower working platform;
(d) enter premises adjacent to a construction site where such entry is necessary in investigating an accident involving a builder’s lift or tower working platform that occurred on the construction site;
(e) impound any part of a builder’s lift or tower working platform that has been involved in an accident where the Director believes the impounding is necessary for determining the cause of such accident;
(f) order a registered contractor or registered examiner, as the case may be, to stop carrying out lift work where, in the Director’s opinion, such work is being carried out—
(i) in contravention of a provision of this Ordinance; or
(ii) in a manner that is likely to cause injury to a person or damage to property.