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 * a certificate from an authorized architect that the premises in or in part of which the school is to be operated are in sound structural condition.

(2) An application to the competent authority, the Building Authority or the Director of Fire Services for a certificate or a notice required for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be—
 * (a) made in such form as the Director shall specify; and
 * (b) accompanied by a plan, drawn to such scale and with such number of copies as the Director shall specify, of the premises or the part of the premises in which the school is to be operated.

(3) The Director of Public Works may, where he is the competent authority for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), appoint any officer of the Public Works Department to perform the functions of the competent authority under those paragraphs.

(4) Nothing in this section shall affect the powers of the Building Authority under the Buildings Ordinance.

(5) For the purposes of this section, “competent authority” means—
 * (a) in the case of any premises or part of any premises which are situated in an area which has been set aside or has been deemed to have been set aside as a cottage resettlement area under section 37 of the Resettlement Ordinance, the person who is appointed under section 36 of that Ordinance to be the competent authority for the purpose of Part V of that Ordinance;
 * (b) in the case of any premises or part of any premises which are situated in an area which has been set aside as a Class I area or a Class II area under section 50A of the Resettlement Ordinance, the person who is appointed under section 50B of that Ordinance to be the competent authority for the purposes of Part VA of that Ordinance; and
 * (c) in any other case, the Director of Public Works and any officer of the Public Works Department appointed by him under subsection (3).