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

4C. New workshop inspections
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a registered contractor shall notify the Director in writing within 14 days of any change of the address of any workshop used by the registered contractor and shall at the same time notify the new address of the workshop. 
(2) The registered contractor shall, on notifying the Director of any change of the address of a workshop under paragraph (1), pay to the Director the appropriate fee in accordance with the Second Schedule for a new workshop inspection. 
(3) The Director shall, on payment of the fee under paragraph (2) for a new workshop inspection, inspect the workshop at the new address notified under paragraph (1). 
(4) If the Director is not satisfied with the workshop inspected under paragraph (3) he shall notify the registered contractor that a re-inspection of that workshop is required and on such notification the registered contractor shall pay to the Director the appropriate fee in accordance with the Second Schedule.
(5) Where a registered contractor notifies the Director of any change of the address of a workshop under paragraph (1), he shall not undertake any work in connexion with fire service installation or equipment during any period before the new workshop is inspected under paragraph (3) or re-inspected under paragraph (4) and is found to be satisfactory. 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)

5. Register
(1) The Director shall cause registers to be kept of all applicants whom he has determined under regulation 3(4) to be fit to be registered as fire service installation contractors. (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
(2) The full name and address of each registered contractor shall be entered in the appropriate register kept in respect of his class. (L.N. 263 of 1986)
(3) The Director may amend any entry in the registers. 
(4) The entries in the registers shall— (L.N. 263 of 1986)
(a) be published in the Gazette at least once in every year; and 
(b) be made available for inspection by any person free of charge at all reasonable times at the offices of the Fire Services Department and at every fire station in Hong Kong. 
(L.N. 268 of 1978)

6. Appeal against decision of Director
(1) Any person aggrieved by any determination or decision of the Director under regulation 3(4) or 5(3) may, within 14 days after the date when such determination or decision has come to that person’s notice, appeal by way of petition to the Chief Executive who may confirm, vary or reverse the determination or decision. (L.N. 268 of 1978)
(2) The decision of the Chief Executive on the appeal shall be final.
(76 of 1999 s. 3)

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

6A. Illness or absence from Hong Kong
(1) Where a registered contractor registered in class 3 is prevented from performing his duties by reason of illness or absence from Hong Kong, he shall not permit any work to be undertaken on his behalf in connexion with fire service installation or equipment during the period of such illness or absence, except by another registered contractor registered in that class. 
(2) Where a registered contractor is registered in class 1 or class 2 or in classes 1 and 2 solely by virtue of the qualifications of his director, employee or partner and that director, employee or partner is prevented from performing his duties by reason of illness or absence from Hong Kong, the registered contractor may undertake or continue to undertake work in connexion with fire service installation or equipment during the period of illness or absence, but shall not complete that work before that director, employee or partner is able to inspect the work that was undertaken during the period of illness or absence and to satisfy himself and the registered contractor that that work was properly carried out. 
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall prohibit any work being undertaken on behalf of a registered contractor registered in class 1 or 2 by another registered contractor registered in the same class. 
(L.N. 320 of 1986)

7. Termination of service of qualified person
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a registered contractor registered by virtue of the qualifications of a director, employee or partner, shall notify the Director in writing when such director, employee or partner ceases for any reason to be a director of, or employed by, or a partner of, the registered contractor, as the case may be, within 14 days from the termination of such directorship, employment or partnership. 
(2) Where a director, employee or partner of a registered contractor who is registered solely by virtue of the qualifications of that director, employee or partner subsequently ceases to be such director, employee or partner, as the case may be, but is immediately replaced by a person holding qualifications specified in regulation 4(2) or (3), the registered contractor shall notify the Director in writing within 14 days of such replacement and shall produce to the Director the evidence of those qualifications required of an applicant under that regulation. 
(3) The name of a registered contractor who complies with paragraph (2) to the satisfaction of the Director shall not be removed from the appropriate register under regulation 8(b). 
(4) A registered contractor shall notify the Director in writing within 14 days of any change of registered name or registered address. 
(5) The registered contractor shall, on notifying the Director in accordance with paragraph (2) or (4), pay to the Director the appropriate fees in accordance with the Second Schedule. 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)

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

8. Removal of name from the register
The Director shall remove from the appropriate register the name of any registered contractor—
(a) who—
(i) dies; or 
(ii) in the case of a firm or company, is dissolved; (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
(b) subject to regulation 7(3), who is registered solely by virtue of the qualifications of a director, employee or partner who subsequently ceases to be such director, employee or partner, as the case may be; (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
(ba) whose workshop at the new address notified under regulation 4C(1) is inspected by the Director under regulation 4C(3) and re-inspected under regulation 4C(4) and is, in the opinion of the Director, unsatisfactory; (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
(c) who ceases, for any reason, to be a fire service installation contractor; or 
(d) subject to regulation 10(4), in compliance with an order made by the disciplinary board under regulation 10(2)(a). (L.N. 263 of 1986) 
(L.N. 268 of 1978)

8A. Application for re-registration
Regulation 3 shall apply to an application for re-registration by a registered contractor whose name has been removed from the register under regulation 8(b), (ba) or (c). 
(L.N. 263 of 1986)

9. Appointment of disciplinary board
(1) The Chief Executive may appoint a disciplinary board which shall inquire into and deal with any matters referred to it under regulation 10(1). 
(2) The disciplinary board shall consist of—
(a) a member of the committee of the Fire Insurance Association of Hong Kong nominated by that Association; 
(b) a public officer nominated by the Building Authority; 
(c) a public officer nominated by the Water Authority; 
(d) a registered contractor nominated by the Director; 
(e) the Director or his representative; and 
(f) a legal adviser appointed by the Director. 
(3) The Chief Executive may appoint one of the persons specified in paragraph (2) as chairman of the disciplinary board, and the legal adviser shall conduct the proceedings under the direction of the chairman. (L.N. 63 of 1992)
(76 of 1999 s. 3)