Clause 58

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the following paragraphs:“(aa)regulating the use and maintenance of lifts and escalators, including prescribing —

requirements for periodic inspections of lifts and escalators;

the duties of an owner of a lift or escalator and of any person who is in charge of or engaged in the maintenance of a lift or escalator, such as the keeping of records and the obtaining of a permit to operate a lift or escalator;

circumstances where the operation of a lift or escalator must be stopped, permanently or temporarily; and

the procedures and duties of an owner of a lift or escalator, and of any other person, in the event of any incident or accident occurring in connection with any lift or escalator, and if the incident or accident causes loss of life or serious personal injury or involves any breakage, distortion or damage to any load‑bearing or safety‑critical component or part of the lift or escalator;

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (h) of subsection (2), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(ha)providing for or with respect to the means of voting (other than in person) at a general meeting that may be adopted by a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, and the procedures for voting by those means;”; and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(4) The Minister may, in making any regulations under subsection (1), provide that —

any contravention of any provision of the regulations relating to the maintenance of lifts and escalators, or incidents or accidents involving lifts or escalators, shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; or

any contravention of any provision of any other regulations made under that subsection shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000.(5) Any regulations made under subsection (1) relating to the maintenance of lifts and escalators may apply, adopt or incorporate by reference —

either wholly or partially;

with or without modification; or

either specifically or by reference,any matter contained in any code, standard, rule, requirement, specification or other document, as in force or published at a particular time or as in force or published from time to time, which relates to any matter that those regulations deal with.(6) Unless otherwise provided in the regulations made under subsection (1), every material so applied, adopted or incorporated under subsection (5), and every amendment to any material so incorporated by reference under subsection (5) that is made by the person or organisation originating the material is, subject to subsections (7) and (8), to be treated as being a part of those regulations.(7) Where any material mentioned in subsection (5) is applied, adopted or incorporated by reference in any regulations made under subsection (1) relating to the maintenance of lifts and escalators, the Minister must give notice in the Gazette stating —

that the material is incorporated in those regulations, and the date on which the relevant provision in those regulations was made;

that the material is available for inspection without charge during working hours;

the place where the material can be inspected;

that copies of the material can be purchased, and the place where the material can be purchased; and

if copies of the material are available in other ways, the details of where or how the material can be accessed or obtained.(8) In addition, the Minister must cause a copy of every material applied, adopted or incorporated in regulations made under subsection (1) relating to the maintenance of lifts and escalators by reference under subsection (5), to be made available for inspection by members of the public without charge at any of the offices of the Building and Construction Authority during normal office hours.(9) In this section, “modification” includes omissions, additions and substitutions.”.