### Fire Service (Installation Contractors) Regulations 《消防(裝置承辦商)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Installation Contractors) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
applicant (申請人) means a person, company or firm that has applied for registration as a fire service installation contractor under regulation 3(1) or (1A); (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
class (級別) means a class specified in regulation 4; 
interview (面試), for the purposes of regulation 4(4), includes a practical test and interviewing (進行面試) shall be construed accordingly; (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
portable equipment (手提設備) means any fire service equipment which is manufactured, used or designed to be used as an independent unit for the purpose of extinguishing, attacking, preventing or limiting a fire;
register (註冊紀錄冊) means any register kept under regulation 5, and registered (註冊) in relation to a name or address means the name or address entered in the register; (L.N. 268 of 1978; L.N. 263 of 1986) 
registered contractor (註冊承辦商) means a fire service installation contractor registered under these regulations; (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
workshop (工場) means a workshop the address of which has been forwarded to the Director under regulation 3(2)(b) or notified to him under regulation 4C(1) and used by a registered contractor for the purpose of these regulations. (L.N. 263 of 1986)

### Fire Service (Installation Contractors) Regulations 《消防(裝置承辦商)規例》

3A. Persons authorized to sign certificates issued under the Fire Service (Installations and Equipment) Regulations
(1) Persons authorized to sign a certificate issued under regulation 9 of the Fire Service (Installations and Equipment) Regulations (Cap. 95 sub. leg. B) shall be— (E.R. 7 of 2020)
(a) in the case of a company which is a registered contractor such director, employee or other officer of such company as the company may appoint; 
(b) in the case of a firm which is a registered contractor—
(i) one of the partners thereof; or 
(ii) an employee or partner authorized by the firm to sign certificates when the partner responsible for signing under sub-subparagraph (i) is for any reason unable to sign; and 
(c) in any other case, the registered contractor. 
(2) The registered contractor shall within 14 days of registration notify the Director in writing of the names, status and specimen signatures of persons authorized to sign certificates under paragraph (1). 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)

### Fire Service (Installation Contractors) Regulations 《消防(裝置承辦商)規例》

4. Classes of registered contractors and minimum qualifications for registration
(1) The classes of registered contractors shall be—
Class 1: Registered contractors who are fit to install, maintain, repair and inspect any fire service installation or equipment (other than portable equipment) which contains an electrical circuit or other apparatus for the detection and warning, by alarm or otherwise, of smoke or fire. 
Class 2: Registered contractors who are fit to install, maintain, repair and inspect any fire service installation or equipment (other than portable equipment) which contains—
(a) pipes and fittings designed or adapted to carry water or some other fire extinguishing medium; or 
(b) any type of electrical apparatus other than those specified in class 1. 
Class 3: Registered contractors who are fit to maintain, repair and inspect portable equipment. 
(2) An applicant for registration in class 1 shall produce evidence to the Director that—
(a) the applicant or at least one of the applicant’s directors, employees or partners holds a degree in electrical engineering satisfying the examination requirements (Parts I and II) of the Council of Engineering Institutions for corporate membership of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and 
(b) the applicant or at least one of the applicant’s directors, employees or partners—
(i) is the manufacturer or designer of an electrical circuit or other apparatus, recognized by the Director, for the detection by alarm or otherwise of smoke or fire; or 
(ii) is an authorized agent for a manufacturer of the type of apparatus specified in subparagraph (b)(i). (L.N. 268 of 1978)
(3) An applicant for registration in class 2 shall produce evidence to the Director that—
(a) the applicant or at least one of the applicant’s directors, employees or partners holds a Grade I plumber’s licence issued under the Waterworks Ordinance (Cap. 102); and 
(b) the applicant or at least one of the applicant’s directors, employees or partners holds a diploma from the Hong Kong Polytechnic or a Technical Institute or a higher certificate in electrical engineering or a qualification recognized as equivalent to such a diploma or certificate by the Director. (L.N. 268 of 1978)
(4) An applicant for registration in class 3 shall satisfy the Director at a written examination and at an interview that his knowledge of the function and maintenance of portable equipment and the regulations relating thereto made under the Ordinance is adequate. 
(L.N. 268 of 1978; L.N. 263 of 1986)

### Fire Service (Installation Contractors) Regulations 《消防(裝置承辦商)規例》

4A. Absence from Hong Kong or illness
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an applicant for registration in class 3 who satisfies the Director that he was absent from Hong Kong, or was prevented by illness from attending, on the day fixed by the Director for a written examination or interview for the purposes of regulation 4(4) shall be entitled, without payment of a further fee, to take the written examination or to attend at the interview on such other day as may be fixed by the Director. 
(2) For the purposes of satisfying the Director under paragraph (1), the applicant shall produce to the Director such evidence of the absence or illness as the Director may require. 
(3) An applicant who fails to satisfy the Director under paragraph (1) shall, on being notified of such failure by the Director, pay to the Director the appropriate fee in accordance with the Second Schedule before taking the written examination or attending the interview, as the case may be. 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)

4B. Applicant passing examination but failing interview
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an applicant for registration in class 3 who under regulation 4(4) satisfies the Director at a written examination but who fails to satisfy the Director at an interview under that regulation shall, on notification by the Director, be entitled, on payment of the appropriate fee in accordance with the Second Schedule, to attend a second interview on a day fixed by the Director without first having to satisfy the Director at a written examination. 
(2) Regulation 3 shall apply to an applicant who fails to satisfy the Director at the second interview in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)