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HOW
TO APPLY FOR REGISTERING AS AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Introduction
All contractors engaged in electrical work on fixed electrical
installations must be registered with the Electrical and Mechanical
Services Department (EMSD). The purpose is to ensure that
such work is carried out only by qualified electrical workers
through qualified electrical contractors.
Electrical
work means the work in relation to the installation, commissioning,
inspection, testing, maintenance, modification or repair of
a low voltage or high voltage fixed electrical installation
and includes the supervision and certification of the work
and the design of the installation. Examples of fixed electrical
installations are distribution boards, wiring installations
and lighting fittings, etc., that are fixed in premises.
Contractors engaged in work on portable electrical appliances,
such as table lamps, television sets and refrigerators, etc.
need not be registered.
The general duties of a registered electrical contractor are
listed in the Appendix.
Registration Requirements
To
be qualified as a registered electrical contractor, an applicant
must either employ at least one registered electrical worker
or:
- if
the applicant is an individual, he/she must be a registered
electrical worker; or
- if
the applicant is a partnership, at least one of the partners
must be a registered electrical worker.
How to apply
Applications for registration as electrical contractors may be made to the EMSD. The procedures for both new applications and renewals of registration are as follows:
A. For submissions in person or by mail:
- For new and renewal applications for registration as an electrical
contractor, obtain an application form (Form
1 [PDF format (334KB)]) from:
- Customer Services Office, EMSD, G/F, 3 Kai Shing Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong;
- Telephone hotline: 1823 (for a fax copy);
- Public Enquiry Services Centre of District Offices;
- Government Forms web site : http://www.info.gov.hk/forms; or
- EMSD web site : www.emsd.gov.hk (select "Public Forms")
- Complete the application form according to the given
instructions.
- Submit the completed application form together with
supporting documents and an application fee in person
or by mail to Customer Services Office, EMSD.
B. For electronic submissions
Submission through the web: select "Electronic Submission" at EMSD website and complete the application according to the instructions given.
Renewal
applications must be made at least 1 month before and no earlier
than 4 months before the expiry date. A certificate of registration
for an electrical contractor is normally valid for 3 years.
Application
for Additional Copies of Certificate of Registration for Branch
Offices
In accordance with the Electricity Ordinance, a registered
electrical contractor should display in a prominent place
at his/her principal place of business the original certificate
of registration and a copy of the certificate issued by the
Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services at each of
his/her other places of business. Applications for additional
copies of the certificate for branch offices may be made either:
- Together
with New or Renewal Application for Registration as an Electrical
Contractor:
By completing one Form
2A [PDF format (41KB)] (Details of Branch
Offices of Registered Electrical Contractor) for each
branch office respectively and submitting all Form 2A(s)
together with the completed Form
1 [PDF format (334KB)] (New/Renewal Application
for Registration as an Electrical Contractor); or
- After
Approval of the New or Renewal Application:
By completing and submitting a Form
2 [PDF format (66KB)] (Application for Copies
of Certificate of Registration for Branch Offices of Registered
Electrical Contractor) and one Form
2A [PDF format (41KB)] for each
branch office respectively.
Forms 2 and 2A may be obtained and submitted in the same ways as Form 1. For application through the web, Form 2 and Form 2A are submitted in the same way as application of Form 1 through the web.
Enquiries
Customer Services Office, EMSD, G/F, 3 Kai Shing Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Operating hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. on Monday to Friday; closed on Saturday, Sunday and public holiday)
Tel. : 1823 (Hotline)
Fax : 2895 4929
Email : info@emsd.gov.hk
Note: This is NOT a legal document and is prepared
for general information only.
Appendix
General Duties of a Registered Electrical Contractor
- A registered electrical contractor shall not employ a
person other than a registered electrical worker to do
electrical work except as provided in section 32 of the
Electricity Ordinance.
- A registered electrical contractor shall ensure that no
registered electrical worker employed by him/her shall
do electrical work that the worker is not entitled to
do under the Electricity Ordinance.
- A registered electrical contractor shall not cause or
knowingly allow:
- a registered electrical worker employed by him/her;
or
- a person employed by him/her in the circumstances
specified under section 32 of the Electricity Ordinance,
to do electrical work in contravention of the Electricity
Ordinance.
- A registered electrical contractor shall effectively supervise
the registered electrical workers employed by him/her.
- A registered electrical contractor, when required by notice
of the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services
(DEMS), shall produce for inspection any record, plan
or document in his/her possession or under his/her control
that DEMS considers relevant for the purpose of enforcing
the Electricity Ordinance.
- A registered electrical contractor shall display in a
prominent place at his/her principal place of business
the original certificate of registration and a copy of
the certificate issued by DEMS at each of his/her other
places of business.
- A registered electrical contractor shall carry on his/her
business as an electrical contractor only at and from
each business address registered with DEMS.
- Where a registered electrical contractor ceases to carry
on business or where any of the following particulars
change after the registration of an electrical contractor,
the contractor shall notify DEMS within 2 weeks:
- the persons who are authorized to make an endorsement;
- a business address;
- the name under which the electrical contractor does
business;
- the partners in the case of a contractor registered
as a partnership; and
- any other particulars as may be prescribed.
- Where the Electricity Ordinance requires or authorizes
a registered electrical worker to make a report or to
certify something, the registered electrical contractor
for whom the electrical work is done shall endorse the
report or certificate.
- A registered electrical contractor shall carry on his/her business as an electrical contractor only at and from each business address registered with the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.
- Where the registered electrical contractor is the same
person as the registered electrical worker who made the
report or certified something, he/she shall nevertheless
endorse the report or certificate in his/her capacity
as the contractor.
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