### Electricity (Registration) Regulations 《電力(註冊)規例》

11. Certificate of registration
(1) On registration the Director shall issue a certificate of registration to the registrant.
(2) On payment of the fee specified in the Schedule, the Director—
(a) shall issue to a contractor registrant a copy of his certificate of registration for each of his business addresses as required by section 34(8); and
(b) may issue to a registrant a replacement copy of his certificate of registration.

12. Period of registration
A registration or renewed registration shall be valid for the 3-year period shown on the certificate.
(E.R. 1 of 2021)

13. Renewal of registration
(1) A registered electrical contractor or a registered electrical worker who wishes to renew his registration shall submit to the Director an application for renewal of registration in a form required by him.
(2) The applicant shall submit with the application form—
(a) documents that the Director considers are relevant to the applicant’s registration or qualifications for renewal of registration; and
(b) the renewal fee specified in the Schedule.
(3) The application must be submitted to the Director at least 1 month before, and no earlier than 4 months before, the expiry date of the current registration.
(4) Where a registrant has had his right to apply for renewal of registration suspended for a specified period of time he must submit his application for renewal no later than 1 month after the end of the specified period.
(5) The Director need not consider an application for renewal that is submitted before or after the times allowed under subregulation (3) or (4) but an application submitted before the allowed time under subregulation (3) may be resubmitted within the allowed time and a person who has not submitted an application for renewal by the time allowed under subregulation (3) or (4) may submit a fresh application under regulation 9.

### Electricity (Registration) Regulations 《電力(註冊)規例》

13A. Concessions on certain fees payable under Part IV
(1) Despite regulation 9(c)—
(a) for an application for registration as an electrical contractor received during the concession period—the application fee is $570 instead of the fee specified in the Schedule; and
(b) for an application for registration as an electrical worker received during the concession period—the application fee is $315 instead of the fee specified in the Schedule.
(2) Despite regulation 13(2)(b)—
(a) for an application for renewal of registration as an electrical contractor received during the concession period—the renewal fee is $570 instead of the fee specified in the Schedule; and
(b) for an application for renewal of registration as an electrical worker received during the concession period—the renewal fee is $315 instead of the fee specified in the Schedule.
(3) In this regulation—
concession period (寬免期) means the period from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive). (L.N. 195 of 2021; L.N. 89 of 2022)
(4) This regulation expires at midnight on 30 September 2023. (L.N. 195 of 2021; L.N. 89 of 2022)
(L.N. 185 of 2020)

14. Application for generating facility registration
An owner who applies to register a generating facility shall submit to the Director—
(a) an application in a form required by the Director;
(b) documents that the Director considers are relevant to the applicant’s registration; and
(c) the application fee specified in the Schedule.

15. Register of generating facilities
(1) The Director shall maintain a register of registered generating facilities and their owners.
(2) The Director shall delete a registration from the register where the registration is cancelled under the Ordinance.
(3) The Director shall delete a registration from the register where he is satisfied that the generating facility is no longer required to be registered under the Ordinance.

16. Certificate of generating facility registration
(1) On registration the Director shall issue to the owner a certificate of generating facility registration.
(2) On payment of the fee specified in the Schedule, the Director may issue a replacement copy of the certificate of generating facility registration to the owner of a registered generating facility.

17. Change of particulars
(1) Where any of the particulars provided on the form referred to in regulation 14 change, the owner shall notify the Director within 4 weeks after the change.
(2) An owner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3. (E.R. 1 of 2021)

### Electricity (Registration) Regulations 《電力(註冊)規例》

18. Transitional registration periods
(1) During the first—
(a) 18 months after commencement* of section 30; and
(b) 6 months after commencement# of section 33,
the Director may, after the date of commencement+ of sections 31 and 34 and notwithstanding regulation 12, extend the period of validity of the registration of—
(i) a worker for up to 4 1/2 years after the commencement of section 31; and
(ii) a contractor for up to 3 1/2 years after the commencement of section 34.
(2) Notwithstanding regulation 11(1), the Director may defer the issue of a certificate of registration for a worker or contractor referred to in subregulation (1) until the Governor appoints a day for the commencement of sections 31 and 34.

Editorial Note:

* Commencement date: 2 November 1990.  # Commencement date: 16 November 1991.  + Commencement date: 1 June 1992. 

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Electricity Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 7 of 2020)

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

3. Director may require accident report
(1) Where the Director has reason to believe that an electrical installation has been involved in an electrical accident, he may by notice require its owner to give him a registered electrical worker’s report of the accident within 2 weeks after the date of the notice.
(2) The registered electrical worker shall state in the accident report his opinion as to the cause of the accident and what remedial action in relation to a fixed electrical installation has been done by him or should be done to prevent a recurrence of the accident.

4. Removal of item for examination
(1) The Director may, after notifying the owner of an electrical installation of the reason, remove from premises any item that has been involved in an electrical accident and may retain the removed item for examination.
(2) At the request of its owner, the Director shall return the retained item when he has completed his examination.
(3) Unless the owner requests a return of the item removed under subsection (1) within 6 months after it was removed, the Director may dispose of it without compensation to the owner.

5. Director may require owner to rectify installation
(1) Where the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that an electrical installation—
(a) could cause an electrical accident;
(b) affects the safe and stable operation of the electricity supplier’s or another person’s electrical installation; or
(c) contravenes this Ordinance,
he may by notice require the owner of the electrical installation to rectify the installation within a time specified in the notice.
(2) If the installation is not rectified within the time specified under subsection (1), the Director may disconnect, or order the electricity supplier to disconnect, the electricity supply from all or part of the electrical installation.
(3) Before disconnecting the electricity supply, the Director shall notify the owner of the reason for the disconnection.

6. Emergency disconnection
(1) Where the Director considers that there is an imminent risk of an electrical accident, he may without notice disconnect, or order the electricity supplier to disconnect, the electricity supply from an electrical installation.
(2) At the request of the owner of the disconnected installation, the Director shall give the owner the reason for the disconnection within 2 weeks after the date of the request.

7. Electricity supplier to disconnect
Where ordered to do so by the Director under section 5 or 6 an electricity supplier shall disconnect the electricity supply from the electrical installation and the supplier shall prevent, so far as reasonably possible, unauthorized reconnection of the supply.