(1) An online application for certificate of registration for erection or maintenance of Lifts or Escalator or Travelators under the provisions ofthese Rules, may be made either by a person or by a firm who is a manufacturer ofLift or Escalator or Travelator or an authorized representative or agent or amanufacturer ofLift or Escalator or Travelator or who has experience in the erection and maintenance ofLifts or Escalator or Travelators for a period ofnot less than two years which will be regarded as satisfactory by the Committee.
(2) Every applicant for a certificate of registration under these Rules shall make an online application in Form XIV, appended hereto, and shall submit to the Member- Secretary together with a non-refundable fee as notified.
(3) The Committee may, after such enquires and tests as may be considered necessary grant a certificate of registration in Form XV, to an applicant who has satisfied the Committee that he has necessary qualification for grant of the certificate of registration.
(4) The certificate ofregistration may either be of a general nature or for any specified class, type or make of Lifts according to the nature of qualification ofthe applicant.
(5) Every certificate ofregistration granted under these Rules shall be renewed for a period ofthree years up to a maximum of five years.
(6) An online application for renewal in Form XVI together with the certificate ofregistration and renewal fee shall be submitted to the Member-Secretary before the date ofexpiry ofthe certificate. In the event offailure to renew a certificate before the date ofexpiry, the certificate shall be cancelled and the full initial fee shall be charged for the issue of new certificate.
Provided that ifthe application for renewal is received within three months from the date ofexpiry, the certificate may be renewed on payment of the prescribed fees as notified.
(7) A person or a firm, who has been granted a certificate ofregistration, may, on certification by the applicant/ Lift or Escalator or Travelator Owner, about the loss of the original certificate to the satisfaction of the Member-Secretary, apply for a duplicate certificate ofregistration on payment of fee as notified.
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(8) On the issue of a duplicate certificate, the original certificate shall be deemed invalid and if found, shall be return to the Member-Secretary for cancellation.
(9) Ifany person or firm holding a certificate ofregistration is found by the Committee to the guilty ofnegligence, incompetence or ofbreach ofany ofthese Rules or ofthe conditions ofthe certificate ofregistration held by person or firm, the committee may after giving the holder ofcertificate an opportunity ofbeing heard suspend or cancel such certificate. Any defacement or unauthorized entry in the certificate will render the same liable to similar suspension or cancellation.
(10) The decision ofthe Committee in this regard shall be final.