### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

30. Electrical worker registration
(1) Where the Director considers that an applicant is, in accordance with the regulations respecting registration, qualified to do electrical work in any grade, the Director shall register him as an electrical worker for that grade.
(2) The Director shall issue to a registered electrical worker a certificate of registration on which the Director shall specify the grade of electrical work that the worker is entitled to do and, where the Director considers it appropriate, he shall also specify—
(a) the type of electrical work the worker is entitled to do within a grade; or
(b) the type of electrical installation or premises on which the worker is entitled to do electrical work within a grade.
(3) In addition to the electrical work that a registered electrical worker is entitled to do within the grade for which he is registered, the worker is entitled to do any other type of electrical work, or work on any type of electrical installation or premises, that the Director specifies on his certificate of registration.
(4) The Director may specify on a registered electrical worker’s certificate of registration that the worker is only entitled to do electrical work on a particular installation, type of installation or type of premises for a specified period of time, notwithstanding the term of his registration.
(5) Any person may, without charge, inspect the register of electrical workers.
(6) A registered electrical worker must have the worker’s registration certificate or an equivalent document with him or her, or available at the workplace, while doing electrical work. (Replaced 22 of 2014 s. 47)
(6A) The Director may recognize any document specified by the Director as an equivalent document for the purposes of subsection (6). (Added 22 of 2014 s. 47)
(6B) If a recognition is made under subsection (6A), the Director may specify the circumstances under which the recognition takes effect. (Added 22 of 2014 s. 47)
(7) Where the Director refuses to register or renew the registration of an applicant, he shall notify the applicant and in the notice give his reasons for refusal.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

31. Electrical worker offences
(1) Subject to section 32, no person shall do personally or offer or undertake to do electrical work personally unless he is a registered electrical worker who is entitled by his certificate to do the work.
(2) No person shall advertise or otherwise hold himself out as—
(a) a registered electrical worker if he is not a registered electrical worker; or
(b) a registered electrical worker certified to do electrical work for which he is not certified.
(3) Where this Ordinance requires or authorizes a registered electrical worker to make a report or to certify something, before issuing the report or certificate, the worker shall submit the report or certificate to—
(a) the registered electrical contractor for whom the electrical work is done, except where the contractor is the same person as the worker; or
(b) the owner in a case where section 35(3) applies,
so that it can be endorsed as required by section 34(11).

32. Electrical worker exemptions
(1) If a person who is not a registered electrical worker works under the oral or written instruction of a registered electrical worker who is aware of and responsible for that person’s work, the person may do electrical work of the kind specified in the certificate of that registered electrical worker, but he shall not—
(a) certify that a fixed electrical installation complies with this Ordinance; or
(b) work on energized parts of a fixed electrical installation when he is not immediately adjacent to that registered electrical worker.
(2) A person who is not a registered electrical worker may do electrical work on a fixed electrical installation while participating in a training course or tests of a university, polytechnic or tertiary educational institute, the Vocational Training Council or an institute, training centre, school or programme run or approved by the Director or by the Permanent Secretary for Education for instruction or testing involving electrical work. (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 41; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(3) A person who is not a registered electrical worker may do electrical work that is necessary in relation to any kind of research done under the auspices of an organization or programme mentioned in or approved under subsection (2).

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

33. Electrical contractor registration
(1) Where the Director considers that an applicant is qualified to do business as an electrical contractor to carry out electrical work, and that the person meets any qualifications that may be prescribed in the regulations respecting registration, the Director may register the person as an electrical contractor and shall issue to him a certificate of registration.
(2) Where a partnership that is registered as an electrical contractor under subsection (1) acquires or loses a partner, the new partnership shall be deemed to continue to be registered under the name in which the original partnership was registered unless the Director, in a notice sent to the address on the register, states that he does not consider that the new partnership is qualified to be registered under subsection (1).
(3) The registration of the new partnership as a registered electrical contractor shall become void 4 weeks after the Director sends a notice under subsection (2).
(4) Any person may, without charge, inspect the register of electrical contractors.
(5) Where the Director refuses to register or renew the registration of an applicant, he shall notify the applicant and in the notice give his reasons for refusal.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

34. Electrical contractor duties and offences
(1) No person shall do business as an electrical contractor or contract to carry out electrical work unless he is a registered electrical contractor.
(2) No person shall advertise or otherwise hold himself out as a registered electrical contractor if he is not a registered electrical contractor.
(3) A registered electrical contractor shall not employ a person other than a registered electrical worker to do electrical work except as provided in section 32.
(4) A registered electrical contractor and an owner referred to in section 35(3) shall ensure that no registered electrical worker employed by him shall do electrical work that the worker is not entitled to do under this Ordinance.
(5) A registered electrical contractor and an owner referred to in section 35(3) shall not cause or knowingly allow—
(a) a registered electrical worker employed by him; or
(b) a person employed by him in the circumstances specified under section 32,
to do electrical work in contravention of this Ordinance.
(6) A registered electrical contractor and an owner referred to in section 35(3) shall effectively supervise a registered electrical worker employed by him.
(7) A registered electrical contractor, when required by notice of the Director, shall produce for inspection any record, plan or document in his possession or under his control that the Director considers relevant for the purpose of enforcing this Ordinance.
(8) A registered electrical contractor shall display in a prominent place at his principal place of business the original of his certificate of registration and a copy of his certificate of registration issued by the Director at each of his other places of business.
(9) Subject to subsection (10)(b), a registered electrical contractor shall carry on his business as an electrical contractor only at and from each business address registered with the Director under the regulations.
(10) Where a registered electrical contractor ceases to carry on business or where any of the following particulars change after the registration of an electrical contractor, the contractor shall notify the Director within 2 weeks afterward—
(a) the persons who are authorized to make an endorsement referred to in subsection (11);
(b) a business address;
(c) the name under which the electrical contractor does business;
(d) the partners in the case of a contractor registered as a partnership; and
(e) any other particulars as may be prescribed.
(11) Where this Ordinance requires or authorizes a registered electrical worker to make a report or to certify something, the registered electrical contractor for whom the electrical work is done, or the owner in a case where section 35(3) applies, shall endorse the report or certificate.
(12) Where the registered electrical contractor under subsection (11) is the same person as the registered electrical worker who made the report or certified something, he shall nevertheless endorse the report or certificate in his capacity as the contractor.