Clause 5

by inserting, immediately after the word “impose,” in subsection (2)(a), the words “or disapprove”;

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person for whom any building works are or are to be carried out shall, before making any application under subsection (1), appoint an appropriate qualified person in respect of those works.(3A) The qualified person shall, within such period as may be specified by the Building Authority or such other period as may be extended by the Building Authority, comply with any written direction given by the Building Authority under subsection (2) and resubmit the plans of the building works, failing which the plans shall be deemed to have been disapproved by the Building Authority.(3B) Where an application for the approval of the detailed structural plans of any building works is accompanied by the certificate of an accredited checker as required under subsection (1)(c) certifying that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the accredited checker, the detailed structural plans and design calculations which are checked and reviewed by him do not show any inadequacy in the key structural elements of the building shown therein, the Building Authority may, without checking those plans or design calculations, approve those plans on the basis of the certificate and evaluation report of the accredited checker.(3C) Notwithstanding subsection (3B), the Building Authority may, in his discretion, carry out random checks on any of the detailed structural plans and design calculations of any building works before approving those plans under that subsection.”;

by deleting the words “section 9” in the second line of subsection (5)(c) and substituting the words “section 10(5)”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsections:“(6) The Building Authority may at any time revoke any approval granted in respect of any building works under subsection (2)(a) if he is satisfied that any information given in the application for approval or any document submitted to the Building Authority in respect of the application for approval is false in a material particular.(7) Where the Building Authority has revoked under subsection (6) any approval granted in respect of any building works, any permit, certificate of statutory completion and temporary occupation permit granted in respect of the building works under this Act shall automatically lapse.”.