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Following a complaint laid by the Engineers Registration Board (the "Board") against a Registered Professional Engineer, Ir SUN Kam Sing Stephen (R.P.E. registration no. RP0235474) ("Ir SUN"), an Inquiry Committee set up by the Board under the Engineers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 409) (the "Ordinance") found that Ir SUN was guilty of a disciplinary offence under Section 20 (1) (a) of the Ordinance, in that he committed misconduct and neglect in a professional respect.
Brief particulars of the case are as follows:-
Complaint
On 5th December 2006, Ir SUN was convicted by the Eastern Magistrates' Court of "being a competent examiner having carried out a test, inspection or examination required by the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations, Cap. 59 on 4 November 2005 did deliver to the owner of a crane a false certificate or make a false report which was to his knowledge false as to a material particular, namely that the automatic safe load indicator was in good working order contrary to Regulation 21 (2) Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations made under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Cap. 59".
Decision of the Inquiry Committee
The Inquiry Committee was satisfied that Ir SUN did not check whether the crane was fitted with an automatic safe load indicator during the test, inspection or examination he carried out on 4th November 2005.
The Inquiry Committee found that it was a neglect on the part of Ir SUN in a professional respect in failing to check whether the crane was fitted with an automatic safe load indicator. The Inquiry Committee also found that it was a misconduct on the part of Ir SUN in a professional respect by delivering to the owner of the crane a false certificate or making a false report which was to his knowledge false as to a material particular.
The Inquiry Committee ordered:-
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That Ir SUN be reprimand in writing and that the Registrar record the reprimand on the register; |
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That Ir SUN's name be removed from the register for a period of six months; |
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That the order made in (b) above be suspended for a period of twelve months, subject to the conditions that:- |
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Ir SUN shall within one month provide the Registrar of the Engineers Registration Board with a written report describing, to the satisfaction of the Board, how he intends to alter and improve his procedures for carrying out thorough examination and testing of cranes under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations, Cap. 59 and for issuing certificates/report in relation thereto; and |
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Ir SUN shall provide the Registrar with monthly written reports during the said twelve months period, reporting, to the satisfaction of the Board, about the thorough examination and testing he has carried out under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations, Cap. 59. These reports must include details of the examination and testing carried out, the procedures adopted and the certificates/report issued. |
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工程師註冊管理局（“該局”）就該局對註冊專業工程師孫鑑誠（R.P.E.註冊號碼RP0235474）的投訴，根據香港法律第409章《工程師註冊條例》（“該條例”）成立研訊委員會。研訊委員會裁定孫鑑誠觸犯該條例第20（1）（a）條所訂的違紀行為，即他在專業方面有失當及疏忽行為。
該案的簡要如下：
投訴
於2006年12月5日，孫鑑誠被東區裁判法院裁定以下罪名成立，即他“身為合資格檢驗員，在進行工廠及工業經營（起重機械及起重裝置）規例（第59章）規定的測試、檢查或檢驗後，在2005年11月4日向起重機的擁有人交付他明知有任何要項屬虛假的證明書或作出他明知有任何要項屬虛假的報告”。
研訊委員會的裁決
研訊委員會裁定孫鑑誠在2005年11月4日對有關起重機進行測試，檢查或檢驗時，並沒有檢查該起重機是否裝有安全負荷自動顯示器。
研訊委員會裁定孫鑑誠沒有檢查該起重機是否裝有安全負荷自動顯示器，是專業方面的疏忽。研訊委員會亦裁定孫鑑誠向起重機的擁有人交付他明知有任何要項屬虛假的證明書或作出他明知有任何要項屬虛假的報告，是專業方面行為失當。
研訊委員會作出以下命令：-
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以書面讉責孫鑑誠，並命令註冊主任將該項讉責記入註冊紀錄冊內； |
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命令註冊主任在註冊紀錄冊內將孫鑑誠的姓名註銷6個月； |
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上述（b）項之命令暫緩執行12個月，但條件為：- |
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孫鑑誠必須於一個月內向註冊主任提交一份令該局滿意的書面報告，說明他將如何改變及改善他根據工廠及工業經營（起重機械及起重裝置）規例對起重機作徹底檢驗及測試，及發出證明書∕報告的有關程序；及 |
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孫鑑誠必須於該12個月期間，定期每月向註冊主任提交一份令該局滿意的書面報告，向該局報告他在該月根據工廠及工業經營（起重機械及起重裝置）規例所作之徹底檢驗及測試。該等報告必須詳列他所作之檢查及測試，所採取之步驟及所發出之證明書∕報告。 |
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