FEES FOR THE SERVICES OF A HANDYMAN [ S.L.35.17 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 35.17
FEES FOR THE SERVICES OF A HANDYMAN 
REGULATIONS
1st December, 1994
LEGAL NOTICE 187 of 1994.
Title. 
Handyman Regulations.
Fees.
Cap. 318.
2. (1) The fees specified in the second column of the
Schedule to these Regulations shall be payable to the Director
General (Social and Family Affairs) by elderly persons who have
not passed the means test as provided in Part III of the Second
Schedule to the Social Security Act, hereinafter in these
Regulations referred to as "the means test", and by disabled persons
who are not registered as such and who do not possess a special
identity card issued by the National Commission for Disabled
Persons, in respect of the services of a handyman specified in the
first column of the same Schedule.
Cap. 318.
(2) The Director General (Social and Family Affairs) shall
transfer all funds accumulated from the collection of fees as
specified in the second column of the Schedule to these
Regulations to the Welfare Committee established by article 130 of
the Social Security Act.
(3) The persons mentioned in sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation who satisfy the means test shall be exempt from the
provisions of the said sub-regulation.
General 
exemptions.
3. The Director General (Social and Family Affairs) shall
provide the handyman service without charge to the following
persons:
( a ) persons who have passed the means test and who at the
same time are pensioners by reason of their having
reached the age of sixty years, and preference shall be
given to such persons who are very elderly and who
live on their own; and
( b ) persons who are registered as disabled persons and
who have a special identity card issued by the National
Commission for Disabled Persons, and who live on
their own:
Provided that the said Director General may, if he
is satisfied with the circumstances of the case, provide
the same services without charge to the persons
mentioned in this paragraph who, although not living
on their own, do not have any other person living with
them in the same residence who is able to render such
a service.
2 [ S.L.35.17 FEES FOR THE SERVICES OF A HANDYMAN
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 2)
Handyman Services
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Item and job description Fee
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A CARPENTRY WORKS
A/1 Replacement of lock .................................... 1.00
A/2 Fixing of new lock ....................................... 2.00
A/3 Slight repair of a window ............................. 2.00
A/4 Replacement of glass pane on a wooden
window ...................................................... 1.00
A/5 Replacement of glass pane on an iron
window ...................................................... 1.00
B PLASTERING WORKS
B/1 Plastering of a rebate on a door .................... 2.00
B/2 Plastering of a rebate on a window ............... 1.00
B/3 External roof coating having an area of one
room .......................................................... 3.00
C PLUMBING
C/1 Replacement of W.C. (toilet) ........................ 3.00
C/2 Replacement of combined & flushing toilet  5.00
C/3 Replacement of U-Trip pipe and sink waste
pipe ........................................................... 3.00
C/4 Replacement of washer in water tap ............. 1.00
C/5 Replacement of tap on sink .......................... 1.00
C/6 Replacement of water heater (geyser) ........ 5.00
C/7 Replacement of angle valve ....................... 1.00
C/8 Replacement of flushing ............................ 3.00
C/9 Replacement of flexible pipe ...................... 1.00
C/10 Setting of flushing ..................................... 1.00
C/11 Opening of waste pipe drain ...................... 1.00
C/12 Alteration of valve in roof tank .................... 2.00
C/13 Alteration of water pipe (indoors but not
underground) ............................................. 4.00
C/14 Alteration of wash hand basin ...................... 3.00
D ELECTRICAL WORKS
D/1 Replacement of switch ................................. 1.00
D/2 Replacement of socket outlet ....................... 1.00
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D/3 Replacement of damaged neon tube ............. .50c
D/4 Fixing of neon tube instead of bulb .............. 2.50
D/5 Fixing of a new socket ................................. 3.00
D/6 Repair of damaged door bell ........................ 1.00
D/7 Fixing of a new door bell ............................. 3.00
D/8 Replacement of a three-pin plug ................... .50c
D/9 Fixing of a surface mounted circuit breaker  4.00
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