“authorized officer” (獲授權人員) means a person appointed as an authorized officer under section 27;
“Building Authority” (建築事務監督) means the Director of Buildings;
“building services installation” (屋宇裝備裝置) means—
- (a) an air-conditioning installation;
- (b) an electrical installation;
- (c) a lift and escalator installation; or
- (d) a lighting installation;
“central building services installation” (中央屋宇裝備裝置) means—
- (a) a building services installation in a prescribed building that does not solely serve a unit of that building; or
- (b) a building services installation in a prescribed building that has no common area except an installation that—
- (i) solely serves a unit of that building; and
- (ii) is owned by a person who is not the owner of that building;
“Certificate of Compliance Registration” (遵行規定登記證明書) means a Certificate of Compliance Registration issued under section 10 and, where applicable, renewed under section 13;
“code of practice” (《守則》) means any code of practice issued or approved under section 40;
“commercial building” (商業建築物) means a building that is—
- (a) used for offices, shops or entertainment facilities; or
- (b) used for the purpose of any trade, business or profession (but not used as an industrial building);
“common area” (公用地方), in relation to a prescribed building—
- (a) means any area of the building other than the parts that have been specified in an instrument registered in the Land Registry as being for the exclusive use, occupation or enjoyment of an owner; and
- (b) includes, unless so specified, car parks, entrance lobbies, lift lobbies, corridors, staircases, common toilets, common store rooms, plant rooms, switch rooms, pipe ducts, cable ducts, refuse rooms, material recovery chambers, covered podia, covered playgrounds, occupants’ clubhouses and building management offices;
“composite building” (綜合用途建築物) means, having regard to the definitions of “commercial building”, “industrial building” and “residential building”, a building that is—
- (a) partly for residential use and partly for non-residential use;
