Page:Fire Services (Fire Hazard Abatement) Regulation (Cap. 95F).pdf/29

L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 19/2003 CHENG Mei-sze, Maisie Clerk to the Executive Council 29 April 2003 Explanatory Note The purpose of this Regulation is to provide for matters relating to—
 * (a) the fire hazard abatement notice;
 * (b) the fire hazard order and prohibition order;
 * (c) the fire hazard offences;
 * (d) the investigation powers;
 * (e) the protection of innocent parties; and
 * (f) the closure order.

2. Part 1 (sections 3 to 9) provides for matters relating to a fire hazard abatement notice as follows—
 * (a) section 3 provides that if the Director of Fire Services (“the Director”) is satisfied that there is in existence a fire hazard in or on any premises, the Director may serve a fire hazard abatement notice on a person requiring that person to abate the fire hazard;
 * (b) sections 4 and 5 provide that the Director may carry out works to abate a fire hazard or prevent it from recurring;
 * (c) section 6 provides that the power to carry out works to abate a fire hazard or prevent it from recurring may only be delegated to a Deputy Director of Fire Services or a Chief Fire Officer but not other public officers;
 * (d) section 7 provides that the Director may remove any article or thing that may create a fire hazard;
 * (e) section 8 provides for the recovery of expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out works by the Director to abate a fire hazard and prevent it from recurring; and
 * (f) section 9 provides for the offences for non-compliance with the requirement of a fire hazard abatement notice.

3. Part 2 (sections 10 to 13) provides for matters relating to a fire hazard order and a prohibition order as follows—
 * (a) section 10 provides that a magistrate may make a fire hazard order for either or both of the following proposes—
 * (i) to require a person on whom a fire hazard abatement notice is served to comply with the requirement of a fire hazard abatement notice and to prevent the fire hazard from recurring;