(1) No lift or escalator or travelator shall be worked except a licence granted under this Act and is in conformity with the terms and conditions of the licence and is in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf under this Act.
(2) The owner of any premises, who has been granted permission under section 5 to install lift or escalator or travelator in the premises, shall, within one month after the completion of the installation of such lift or escalator or travelator, give to the Chief Electrical Inspector in this behalf notice in writing of such completion and shall make an application to him in such form and on payment of such fees in such manner as may be prescribed for a licence for working the lift or escalator or travelator:
Provided that different fees may be prescribed having regard to the object or the purpose for which the lift or escalator or travelator is ordinarily used or for different kinds or classes of lifts or escalators or travelators.
(3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2), the Chief Electrical Inspector shall, after making such inspection as he deems necessary, either grant or refuse to grant licence:
Provided that the Chief Electrical Inspector shall authorise an officer not below the rank of Inspector of Lifts to discharge his function for the purposes of this section:
Provided further that before refusing the licence, the Chief Electrical Inspector or the officer duly authorised in his behalf shall give the applicant an opportunity of being heard.
PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 10, 2020 5 The West Bengal Lifts, Escalators and Travelators Act, 2019.
(Sections 7-10.)
7. Every licence granted under section 6 shall be renewed in such form and on payment of such fee in such manner as may be prescribed.
8. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any licence for working lift, escalator or travelator, which has been granted before the date of commencement of this Act, shall deemed to be granted under the provision of section 6 of this Act and shall be valid upto the due date of expiry and shall be renewed as per the provisions of section 7.
9. An Inspector of Lifts or an officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government may at any time after giving notice in writing to the owner, agent or occupier enter upon any premises in which a lift or escalator or travelator has been installed or is being installed or in connection with which an application for a licence has been received, for the purpose of inspecting the lift or escalator or travelator or the site thereof or for carrying out such tests as may be considered necessary and the owner, agent or occupier of such premises shall afford all reasonable facilities to him for the purpose.