S.L. 623.8 Art. 8Obligation on client and site manager.    Cap. 390.

(1) The client shall have the obligation to appoint a site manager who shall be responsible, on his behalf, to ensure that the site and the works are in conformity with all the provisions of these regulations.

(2) Prior to the commencement of any works, the client shall submit to the Authority:

(a) the name of the site manager;

(b) the site manager’s legally valid identification document number; and

(c) a declaration of acceptance duly signed by the site manager that he has undertaken to accept this role and that he has read and understood the provisions of these regulations.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations, the site manager shall not be entitled to assume any of the responsibilities associated with the profession of a Perit as defined in the Periti Act, unless the appointed site manager is a Perit.

(4) The Minister may, from time to time, make specific regulations to create a Register of Site Managers, to stipulate their qualifications, Code of Conduct and programme of continuous development.

(5) In the absence of a nomination for the appointment of a site manager, the client shall be deemed to be the site ipso facto manager for the purpose of these regulations.

(6) Where the client has changed because the site was sold, or for any other reason, when works are still to be carried out or are being carried out the current client shall have the duty to inform the Authority by completing the form provided for in the Seventh Schedule, and to submit the form to the Authority on its relevant website. The same form should be duly signed by the new client as a declaration of acceptance of his responsibilities as the new client in terms of these regulations. Until such form is received by the Authority, the current client shall be held responsible for any contravention to these regulations.

(7) Where, during the period of works, the site manager changes for any reason, he shall be obliged to inform the Authority in writing. Until such notice is received by the Authority, he shall still be presumed to be the appointed site manager for the site.

(8) The site manager shall be responsible, on behalf of the client, for ensuring that any permits, certifications, authorisations or any such approvals required for any part of the works as required by the provisions of these regulations shall be in place and that any temporary structures used to implement the provisions of these regulations shall be duly certified for their soundness.