| An Ordinance to provide for the design, construction, installation and maintenance in safe working order of builders' lifts and tower working platforms, for the examination and testing of such lifts and platforms, and to provide for related matters. (Enacted 1995) [Parts I, II, III, VIII and IX and sections 42, 43, 44(2), 47(5) and (6) and 50］ 20 July 1995 L.N. 313 of 1995 The remaining provisions ［30 December 1995 L.N. 596 of 1995] (Originally 23 of 1995) Cap 470 s 1 Short title PART I PRELIMINARY (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Builders' Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety) Ordinance. (2) (Omitted as spent) (Enacted 1995) Cap 470 s 2 Interpretation (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "appeal board" (上诉委员会) means an appeal board appointed under section 38; "builder's lift" (建筑工地升降机) means a lifting machine- (a) that has a cage; (b) the operating controls for which are located inside the cage; (c) the cage of which is raised and lowered by means of a rack and pinion suspension system or rope suspension system; (d) the direction of movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides,and is used for construction work, and includes the supports, liftway and enclosures and the whole of the mechanical and electrical apparatus required in connection with the operation and safety of the builder's lift;"builder's lift work" (建筑工地升降机工程) means any kind of work, not being construction work, connected with the installation, commissioning, testing, maintenance, repair, alteration or demolition of a builder's lift or of any machinery or equipment provided in or connected with a builder's lift, and includes the supervision and certification of that work and the certification of design of that installation; "competent operator" (合资格的操作员), in relation to a builder's lift or tower working platform, means a person who has undergone basic training on the general construction and operating principles of a builder's lift or tower working platform; "competent worker" (合资格人员), in relation to builder's lift work or tower working platform work, means a person- (a) who- (i) is the holder of a certificate in mechanical engineering, marine engineering or building services engineering issued by a person approved by the Director; and (ii) has not less than 3 years' experience in builder's lift work or tower working platform work or other relevant practical experience as approved by the Director; or(b) who has been in the employment, for an aggregate period of not less than 4 years, of one or more registered contractors and is considered by the registered contractor by whom he is currently employed to carry out builder's lift work or tower working platform work, as the case may be, to have had sufficient experience or training in such work to be capable of carrying it out competently without supervision;"construction site" (建筑工地) means a place where construction work is undertaken; "construction work" (建筑工程) has the same meaning as in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap 59); "Director" (署长) means the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services; "driving machine brake" (驱动机制动器) means the electro-mechanical brake of the driving machine; "final limit switch" (最后限位掣) means an emergency switch arranged to stop a builder's lift or tower working platform automatically in the event of the lift cage or platform travelling a predetermined distance beyond a terminal landing or level; "lift cage" (升降机吊笼) means the cage of a builder's lift; "lift work" (升降机工程) means builder's lift work and tower working platform work; "liftway" (升降通道) means the total space within which the lift cage or platform travels; "overspeed governor" (限速器) means a device which, when a builder's lift or tower working platform attains a predetermined speed, causes it to stop and, if necessary, causes the safety gear to be applied; "owner" (拥有人) means the owner of a builder's lift or tower working platform or, where it is leased, means the lessee of it, and includes- (a) any agent or person in charge or having the control or management of it; and (b) the contractor who is responsible for the construction site at which it is being used;"platform" (平台) means the platform of a tower working platform; "rack and pinion suspension system" (齿轮齿条式悬挂系统) means a suspension system which uses a toothed rack and pinion to suspend the lift cage or the platform on the mast; "rated load" (额定负载) means the maximum load that a builder's lift or tower working platform has been designed to carry in service; "rated speed" (额定速度) means the normal speed at which a lift cage or platform has been designed to be operated; "registered contractor" (注册承建商), in relation to lift work, means a person whose name is for the time being on the register of contractors kept under this Ordinance; |
