Building Act Article 77-4

The elevating equipments and mechanical parking facilities may not be used before the usage permit is obtained after passing the completion inspection.The manager of the above equipments shall periodically entrust professional manufacturers with the license granted by the central competent authority of construction to perform maintenance, and shall periodically request the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction or inspection institutions or organizations designated by the central competent authority of construction at the request of the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction to perform safety inspection. Where the manager doesn’t submit the application, the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction shall order the manager to submit application within a specified time limit. In case that application is not submitted within the foresaid time limit, the equipments will be stopped from being used.Where the above-mentioned safety inspection is performed by an inspection institution or organization, inspectors who hold the inspector certificates granted by the central competent authority of construction shall be assigned to perform inspection, and the assigned inspectors may not be the practitioners in the professional manufacturers responsible for maintenance of the equipments to be inspected. The municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction may entrust the institution or organization that performs safety inspection to grant usage permits.The inspection institution or organization shall periodically report the results of the above-mentioned inspection to the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction, and the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction may execute sampling examination. Where the equipments are not qualified in a sampling examination, the usage permit shall be abolished.The professional manufacturer mentioned in the second paragraph shall process operations according to the following provisions:1. Professional technicians who hold registered certificates granted by the central competent authority of construction shall be assigned to perform installation and maintenance.2. Installation shall be performed according to the illustrations sent to the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction for reference.3. Accident liability insurance shall be covered from time to time at least at the minimum premium specified by the central competent authority of construction.4. A certain number of full-time professional technicians shall be employed according to the prescribed quantity of equipments to be maintained.5. Any manufacturer may not provide the registration certificate of professional manufactures for others to use, or use the registration certificate of another manufacturer.6. Operating supervision performed by the competent authorities of construction shall be accepted.7. After a contract is signed, installation or maintenance operations shall be finished in accordance with the contract.8. The documents submitted for reference shall be in conformity with the facts.9. Improvement shall be made immediately in case the equipments are unqualified in inspection executed by the inspection institution or in sampling inspection performed by the competent authority of construction.10. Entrusted application for safety inspection shall be handled within the specified time limit.The professional technicians referred to in the above Subparagraph 1 shall process operations according to the following provisions:1. Any professional technician may not provide the professional technician certificate for someone else to use, or use the certificate of someone else.2. The results of maintenance shall be recorded according to the facts.3. All the professional technicians shall attend the training held by the central competent authority of construction or related institutions or organizations entrusted by the central competent authority of construction.4. Any professional technician may not be employed in two or more professional manufacturers.The inspection institutions referred to the second paragraph shall do business according to the following provisions:1. Abilities to do business shall be provided.2. Alteration of inspectors shall be reported according to the facts.3. Applications for inspection may not be overstocked.4. Operating supervision performed by the competent authorities of construction shall be accepted.5. For the unqualified cases that are reported for disposal, the manager shall be notified to make improvement within a specified time limit. The equipments do not pass the re-inspection shall be reported in time to the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction for disposal.The inspectors mentioned in the third paragraph shall process operations in accordance with the following provisions:1. Any inspector may not provide the inspector certificate for someone else to use, or use the certificate of another inspector.2. Inspection results shall be reported according to the facts, and the equipments unqualified in inspection shall be reported to the inspection institution for disposal.3. All the inspectors shall attend the training held by the central competent authority of construction or related institutions or organizations entrusted by the central competent authority of construction.4. Anyone may not work in two or more inspection institutions or organizations.5. Where it is found in inspection that a set of elevating equipment is likely to harm the public safety immediately, the inspector shall, as quickly as possible, report the case to the municipal or county (city) competent authority of construction for disposal.The documents required to apply for usage permits for the equipments mentioned in the above 8 paragraphs, validity period and format of usage permit, term of maintenance, term, method and items of safety inspection, format of safety inspection results, qualifications and conditions of the institutions or organizations designated to perform safety inspection and entrusted to hold training, qualification, conditions, procedure and format of the professional manufacturer registration certificates, inspector certificates and professional technician certificates, minimum premium of accident liability insurance, as well as number of professional technicians employed by and quantity of maintenance equipments possessed by a professional manufacturer shall be prescribed by the central competent authority of construction.The clauses and premium amount of the insurance mentioned in Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 5 shall be determined by the Financial Supervisory Commission jointly with the central competent authority of construction.
中文原文 建築法第77-4條
建築物昇降設備及機械停車設備,非經竣工檢查合格取得使用許可證,不得使用。
前項設備之管理人,應定期委託領有中央主管建築機關核發登記證之專業廠商負責維護保養,並定期向直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關或由直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關委託經中央主管建築機關指定之檢查機構或團體申請安全檢查。
管理人未申請者,直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關應限期令其補行申請;屆期未申請者,停止其設備之使用。
前項安全檢查,由檢查機構或團體受理者,應指派領有中央主管建築機關核發檢查員證之檢查員辦理檢查;受指派之檢查員,不得為負責受檢設備之維護保養之專業廠商從業人員。
直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關並得委託受理安全檢查機構或團體核發使用許可證。
前項檢查結果,檢查機構或團體應定期彙報直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關,直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關得抽驗之;其抽驗不合格者,廢止其使用許可證。
第二項之專業廠商應依下列規定執行業務:
一、應指派領有中央主管建築機關核發登記證之專業技術人員安裝及維護。
二、應依原送直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關備查之圖說資料安裝。
三、應依中央主管建築機關指定之最低金額常時投保意外責任保險。
四、應依規定保養台數,聘僱一定人數之專任專業技術人員。
五、不得將專業廠商登記證提供他人使用或使用他人之登記證。
六、應接受主管建築機關業務督導。
七、訂約後應依約完成安裝或維護保養作業。
八、報請核備之資料應與事實相符。
九、設備經檢查機構檢查或主管建築機關抽驗不合格應即改善。
十、受委託辦理申請安全檢查應於期限內申辦。
前項第一款之專業技術人員應依下列規定執行業務:
一、不得將專業技術人員登記證提供他人使用或使用他人之登記證。
二、應據實記載維護保養結果。
三、應參加中央主管建築機關舉辦或委託之相關機構、團體辦理之訓練。
四、不得同時受聘於二家以上專業廠商。
第二項之檢查機構應依下列規定執行業務:
一、應具備執行業務之能力。
二、應據實申報檢查員異動資料。
三、申請檢查案件不得積壓。
四、應接受主管建築機關業務督導。
五、檢查員檢查不合格報請處理案件,應通知管理人限期改善,複檢不合格之設備,應即時轉報直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關處理。
第三項之檢查員應依下列規定執行業務:
一、不得將檢查員證提供他人使用或使用他人之檢查員證。
二、應據實申報檢查結果,對於檢查不合格之設備應報請檢查機構處理。
三、應參加中央主管建築機關舉辦或委託之相關機構、團體所舉辦之訓練。
四、不得同時任職於二家以上檢查機構或團體。
五、檢查發現昇降設備有立即發生危害公共安全之虞時,應即報告管理人停止使用,並儘速報告直轄市、縣(市)主管建築機關處理。
前八項設備申請使用許可證應檢附之文件、使用許可證有效期限、格式、維護保養期間、安全檢查期間、方式、項目、安全檢查結果與格式、受指定辦理安全檢查及受委託辦理訓練之機構或團體之資格、條件、專業廠商登記證、檢查員證、專業技術人員證核發之資格、條件、程序、格式、投保意外責任保險之最低金額、專業廠商聘僱專任專業技術人員之一定人數及保養設備台數等事項之管理辦法,由中央主管建築機關定之。
第五項第三款之保險,其保險條款及保險費率,由金融監督管理委員會會同中央主管建築機關核定之。

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