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Regulation 30

of Building Control (Fixed Installations) Regulations 2025

Regulation 30

Application for permit to operate fixed installation

Subregulation 1

An application for a permit to operate a fixed installation must —

(a)

be made within 3 months after —

(i)

the date the fixed installation is examined, inspected, tested and commissioned under regulation 29(1)(a) or examined, inspected and tested under regulation 29(1)(b) (called in this regulation the EIT/C process); or

(ii)

if the EIT/C process does not take place on a single day — the first day on which the EIT/C process starts; and

(b)

be accompanied by —

(i)

if no permit to operate has been issued for the fixed installation before or the application is to resume the operation of a fixed installation after major alteration or replacement works have been carried out —

(A)

the test report mentioned in regulation 21(4)(b); and

(B)

the certificate mentioned in regulation 21(4)(c);

(ii)

if the application is to renew an existing permit to operate the fixed installation —

(A)

a test report to the Commissioner of Building Control, in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Building Control, relating to the examining, inspecting and testing of the fixed installation; and

(B)

a certificate to the Commissioner of Building Control, in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Building Control, certifying the matters stated in paragraph (2) and signed by the specialist professional engineer; and

(iii)

any other documents, particulars and information the Commissioner of Building Control may require in a particular case.

Subregulation 2

The certificate mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii)(B) must certify the following matters:

(a)

the fixed installation service contractor has examined, inspected and tested the fixed installation in accordance with regulation 29(3);

(b)

the specialist professional engineer considers that the fixed installation is fit for operation;

(c)

the specialist professional engineer, and any nominee of the specialist professional engineer, is not a partner, director, officer or employee of —

(i)

the owner of the fixed installation; (ii)the fixed installation service contractor who examined, inspected and tested the lift under regulation 29(3); or

(iii)

an associate of a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii);

(d)

the fixed installation complies with —

(i)

the objectives and performance requirements set out in the Third Schedule;

(ii)

the relevant plans approved by the Commissioner of Building Control, if any; and

(iii)

any terms and conditions in the approved plans imposed by the Commissioner of Building Control;

(e)

the fixed installation complies with the maintenance outcomes in the Fourth Schedule.

Subregulation 3

The application under paragraph (1) must —

(a)

be made by the owner or developer of the fixed installation to the Commissioner of Building Control in the form and manner that the Commissioner of Building Control requires;

(b)

relate to a single fixed installation, or to 2 or more fixed installations within or connected to a single building or comprised in 2 or more buildings belonging to the same owner or developer; and

(c)

be accompanied by the application fee mentioned in regulation 31.

Subregulation 4

The Commissioner of Building Control may, for any application for a permit to operate a fixed installation, carry out, or arrange to be carried out by any person authorised by the Commissioner of Building Control, any inspection or inquiry related to the application that the Commissioner of Building Control considers necessary to consider the application.