Hong Kong Regulations

PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA (COMPENSATION) (ASSESSMENT OF LEVY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5A

Notice of completion of construction operations

(Past version on 01/01/2008).

(1) After the completion of any construction operations, the contractor and
the authorized person shall each give notice of the completion to the Board.

(2) If any construction operations (other than those carried out under works
orders) are carried out in stages, after the completion of each stage, the
contractor and the authorized person shall each give notice of the completion
to the Board.

(3) A notice of completion shall be given within 14 days after the completion
of the construction operations or the stage of the construction operations (as
the case may be) but the Board may in a particular case extend the period for
giving the notice.

(4) The notice shall be in a form specified by the Board and shall state the
value of the completed construction operations or the value of the completed
stage.

(5) A notice is required to be given under this regulation only if—

   (a)  the construction operations are carried out under a term contract; or

   (b)  it is reasonably estimated that the total value of the construction
        operations exceeds the amount specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the
        Ordinance.

(6) A contractor or authorized person complies with this regulation if he—

   (a)  had given a notice to the Construction Industry Council under
        section 36 of the Construction Industry Council Ordinance ( Cap 587)
        in respect of the relevant completion; and

   (b)  sent a copy of that notice to the Board within the specified  period.

(7) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with this
regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.

(8) In this regulation, "specified period" (指明期間) means the period of
14 days referred to in paragraph (3) or, if the Board has extended that period
under that paragraph, the extended period.

(12 of 2006 s. 84)

"specified period" (指明期間)