Apart from PBO, OCs, other building management bodies and their service providers have to clearly understand and comply with the following laws relating to building management.

• Building Management Ordinance (Cap 344) provides a legal framework for the formation of OCs and contains their powers, duties and meeting procedures, etc.
• Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123) subjects all private buildings and private building works to supervision.
• Fire Services Ordinance (Cap 95) governs the installation of fire fighting equipment and maintenance matters in buildings.
• Waterworks Ordinance (Cap 102) governs the water supply works for consumption purposes and for fire services installations in buildings.
• Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap 358) governs the achievement and maintenance of water quality.
• Electricity Ordinance (Cap 406) governs the electrical installations in buildings and the requirements on periodic inspection and certification.
• Gas Safety Ordinance (Cap 51) governs the gas installations and use inside buildings.
• Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance (Cap 327) governs the design, construction, testing and maintenance of lifts and escalators.
• Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance (Cap 502) provides better protection from the risk of fire for occupiers and users of certain kinds of commercial premises.  It also covers the statutory requirements on certain kinds of old commercial premises to improve and upgrade the fire fighting equipment and installations.
• Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance (Cap 572) improves the fire safety of pre-1987 composite buildings and domestic buildings.
• Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132) governs the public hygiene and municipal services, for example, public sewers, public drains, litter or waste, etc.
• Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap 228) governs the offences against the public's good order such as obstruction of public places and objects dropped from buildings.