| Duties
of qualified person employed or engaged to prepare the plans or to supervise building
work & other development activities |
| 16.
| A
qualified person shall |
| (a) |
without misrepresentation
or suppression of any particulars or information give as correctly and clearly
as possible information that are required to be given on a plan which shall be
signed by him and submitted under the Section 8 J of the Law.
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| (b)
| ensure
that all the plans and specifications, which he signs, and submits under the Law
are in conformity with the provisions of these Regulations, and any regulation
made under the Code of Fire Precautions for Buildings or any direction given by
the Fire Chief.
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| (c)
| supervise
all building works and other development activities of which the plan or plans
are prepared by him or for which he is otherwise responsible under these Regulations
for the purpose of ensuring that the works are carried out in accordance with
such plan or plans, and any written order or direction given by the Chairman and
submit his certificate of supervision to the Authority on completion of the building
works and before issuing a certificate of conformity of the building in respect
of which the building works are carreid out, to any other person.
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| (d) |
submit to the Authority
such progress reports on the building works and where applicable such certificate
relating thereto as may be specified below at the appropriate times or stages
of the building works - (i) at the end of every three months beginning
from the date of the submission to the Authority of a notice of intention to commence,
carry out or resume the building works under sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1)
of regulation 18:
(ii) when the foundation and the structural parts of
the building below the ground level are completed and before any work on the structural
parts of the building above ground level is carried out, a progress report accompanied
by a record plan and details of all pilling works which have been carried out
on the building site;
(iii) when all the structural parts of the building
are completed, a report on the completion including a certificate, that all the
building works relating to the structural parts have been carried out under his/her
supervision in accordance with the detailed structural plans and calculation submitted
under regulation 13;
(iv) on completion of all the building works;
(v)
when there is a termination of his service in the building works,within fourteen
days of such termination, a summary report on all those building works which have
been carried out under his supervision and a certificate to that effect; and
(vi)
when otherwise required by the Authority and in such manner as may be required.
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| (e) |
notify the Authority in
writing if the building or part thereof is occupied or used before the Authroity
has issued a certificate of conformity for the thereof under regulation 22 or
a licence for the temporary occupation thereof under regulation 24.
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Change
of qualified Person |
| 17. | (1) |
Where there is a change
of a qualified person employed or engaged to prepare a plan of any building works
or to supervise the same and such change is made after the plan has been submitted
under the Section 8 J of the Law, the qualified person whose services are being
terminated shall notify the Authority in writing of the termination of his services
within fourteen days of such termination and with effect from the date of such
termination no building work shall be commenced, carried out or resumed unless
another qualified person has notified the Authority in writing of this appointment
as the qualified person to supervise the building works under paragraph (c) of
regulation 16.
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| (2) |
A notice of the termination
of services given by a qualified person under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied
by his summary report and certificate in accordance with sub-paragraph (v) of
paragraph (d) of regulation 16. |