### 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》

10. Duties of owner
The owner of a builder’s lift or tower working platform shall ensure that the following requirements are complied with—
(a) that the builder’s lift or tower working platform is properly maintained, adequately supported and securely anchored;
(b) that a notice in both English and Chinese with letters and characters not less than 30 millimetres in height is prominently displayed in the lift cage or on the platform stating—
(i) the maximum number of persons; and
(ii) the maximum weight,
permitted to be carried, and that the notice is kept legible at all times;
(c) that the lift cage and every landing is sufficiently well lit, whether by natural light or artificial light, to permit its safe use when the builder’s lift is in operation;
(d) that the platform is sufficiently well lit, whether by natural light or artificial light, to permit its safe use when the tower working platform is in operation;
(e) that any part of the liftway that is accessible to persons is properly enclosed so as to prevent a person from being struck by the lift cage or platform;
(f) that a builder’s lift has a gate of robust construction—
(i) for the lift cage; and
(ii) at every point at which there is access to the liftway,
and that all gates are kept in good working condition and a proper state of repair;
(g) that a platform has a fence around its perimeter of robust construction with a minimum height of 1 metre, and that the fence is kept in a proper state of repair;
(h) that the lift cage is of robust design and capable of safeguarding passengers against shearing and crushing by objects outside the lift cage, and that the lift cage is kept in a proper state of repair;
(i) that effective guards are provided for all moving parts of a builder’s lift or tower working platform to prevent accidental human contact;
(j) that a builder’s lift or tower working platform is equipped with an audible emergency alarm that is—
(i) activated from inside the lift cage or on the platform, as the case may be; and
(ii) sufficiently loud to attract assistance from other persons on the construction site,
and that the alarm is kept in good working condition and a proper state of repair.

11. Codes of practice
(1) The Director may establish codes of practice for lift work.
(2) Where the Director establishes a code of practice or amends a code of practice already established, he shall publish a notice in the Gazette identifying the code that is established or amended, specifying the date on which it is to take effect and advising the place at which a copy of the code or amendment may be examined.

### 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》

12. Lift work to be carried out to satisfaction of Director
(1) All lift work shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the Director.
(2) Where a registered examiner or registered contractor carries out lift work in accordance with the relevant portions of codes of practice established under this Part, he shall be deemed to have carried them out to the satisfaction of the Director.
(3) Where a person referred to in subsection (2) carries out lift work that is not in accordance with the relevant portions of codes of practice, he shall, before carrying it out, submit details of the proposed lift work to the Director and obtain the approval in writing of the Director that the proposed work, if carried out, will be to his satisfaction.

13. Duty of owner
The owner of a builder’s lift or tower working platform shall, at all times, retain the services of a registered contractor and shall ensure that no lift work is carried out except by or under the supervision of such registered contractor or a registered examiner employed by such registered contractor.

14. Prohibition of carrying out lift work by unauthorized person
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall carry out lift work other than—
(a) a registered examiner;
(b) an individual who is—
(i) a registered contractor; or
(ii) a member of a partnership that is a registered contractor,
and is a competent worker;
(c) a competent worker employed by a registered contractor; or
(d) a worker directly supervised, at the site where the lift work is being carried out, by a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(2) The Director may in any particular case permit in writing a person other than a person referred to in subsection (1) to carry out lift work, subject to such conditions as the Director may impose.

15. Approval of Director before first installation
Before a builder’s lift or tower working platform is installed for the first time in Hong Kong, the registered contractor responsible for the installation shall—
(a) submit the following to the Director—
(i) basic design details and technical data as specified by the Director;
(ii) a copy of the maintenance manual;
(iii) test certificates in respect of the driving machine brake, overspeed governor, safety gear and rack and pinion suspension system issued by an institution which is acceptable to the Director; and
(b) obtain the written approval of the Director.

16. Notification of Director of installation
Before installing a builder’s lift or tower working platform at any construction site, a registered contractor shall notify the Director of the location at which it will be installed.

### 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》

17. Director to be notified of major alterations
(1) Before carrying out lift work that involves a major alteration of a builder’s lift or tower working platform, a registered contractor shall notify the Director of his intention to do so in writing and in a form and with the information specified by the Director.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, major alteration (主要更改) means any of the following—
(a) modification resulting in any increase or decrease in the rated load or rated speed;
(b) modification resulting in any increase or decrease in the dead weight of the lift cage or platform, as the case may be;
(c) modification resulting in any change in the system of operation or control;
(d) modification resulting in any change in the suspension system including the rack and pinion suspension system or rope suspension system;
(e) modification resulting in any change in the size or type of the guide or guides;
(f) modification resulting in any change in the type of electro-mechanical interlocking devices;
(g) modification resulting in any change in the operating method of the cage door or the landing doors of a builder’s lift;
(h) the replacement of, or any change in type, model, make or design of, the safety gear;
(i) the replacement of, or any change in type, model, make or design of, the overspeed governor;
(j) the replacement of the driving machine;
(k) the replacement of the controller;
(l) the replacement of the driving machine brake;
(m) the replacement of the rack or the driving pinion of the rack and pinion suspension system.

18. Test and examination by registered examiner after installation or major alteration
(1) Where a registered contractor—
(a) installs a builder’s lift or tower working platform at a construction site;
(b) dismantles and re-erects a builder’s lift or tower working platform at a different location on the same construction site; or
(c) carries out lift work that involves a major alteration,
he shall, before allowing it to be used, employ a registered examiner to carry out a test and examination of it.
(2) In this section and section 19, 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) functional tests at rated speed and at rated load;
(c) testing of driving machine brake, and additional braking system, if any, at 125% of rated load and at rated speed;
(d) testing of overload sensing device at not more than 110% of rated load;
(e) testing of safety gear at rated load and at tripping speed of the overspeed governor.