Hong Kong Ordinances

EDUCATION ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Interpretation

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In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "authorized person"
(獲授權人士) has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the
Buildings Ordinance ( Cap 123); (Replaced 47 of 1990 s. 2) "Building
Authority" (建築事務監督) has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of
the Buildings Ordinance ( Cap 123); "certificate of provisional registration"
(臨時註冊證明書) means in relation to a school which is
provisionally registered, the certificate which is issued by the Director
under section 18(1) in respect of the school; "certificate of registration"
(註冊證明書) means-

   (a)  in relation to a school which is registered under section 13, the
        certificate issued by the Director under section 18(1) in respect of
        the school; and

   (b)  in relation to a school which is registered under either of the
        repealed Ordinances, the certificate of registration issued by the
        Director under such Ordinance in respect of the school; "Director"
        (署長) means the Director of Education; "document" (文件) includes
        any account, counterfoil, text-book, exercise book, pamphlet,
        publication, newspaper, poster, drawing, sketch, film, filmstrip,
        slide, gramophone record, and other printed, written or recorded
        matter, whether relating to school management, teaching or recreation
        or to any other activity of or in connection with a school; "evening
        instruction" (夜間授課) means any instruction the greater part of
        which in any one day takes place after 6 p.m.; "functions" (職能)
        includes powers and duties; "inclusive fee" (費用總額) means the
        total sum of money charged in respect of the education of a pupil in a
        school; "inspector of schools" (學校督學) means a person who is
        appointed under section 79 to be an inspector of schools, a medical
        officer of schools and a health inspector of schools; "kindergarten
        education" (幼稚園教育) means a 2 years course of education
        normally commencing when a child has attained the age of 4 years;
        (Replaced 42 of 1993 s. 2) "manage" (管理) includes administer;
        "management committee" (校董會) means the registered managers of a
        school; "manager" (校董) means a person who manages or takes any
        part in the management of-

   (a)  a school; or

   (b)  the activities of the pupils of a school; "nursery education"
        (幼兒教育) means a one year course of education normally
        commencing when a child has attained the age of 3 years; (Replaced 42
        of 1993 s. 2) "permit to teach" (准用教員許可證) means a permit
        issued under section 50(1) or under either of the repealed Ordinances
        for the employment as a teacher in a school of a person who is not a
        registered teacher; "permitted teacher" (准用教員) means a person,
        not being a registered teacher, who is permitted to be employed as a
        teacher in a school in accordance with a permit to teach; "post
        secondary education" (專上教育) means education which is beyond
        the stage of secondary education; "primary education" (小學教育)
        means a 6 years course of education normally commencing when a child
        has attained the age of 6 years; (Replaced 42 of 1993 s. 2) "primary
        school" (小學) means a school which provides primary education;
        (Added 34 of 1979 s. 2) "principal" (校長) means a teacher who is
        approved as the principal of a school under section 53(2) or
        section 57(2) or under either of the repealed Ordinances;
        "provisionally registered" (臨時註冊) means
        provisionally registered under section 15; "pupils' association"
        (學生協會) means an association the affairs of which are conducted
        wholly or partly in any school premises and which consists wholly or
        mainly of persons under the age of 21 years who are undergoing primary
        or secondary education in any school or schools; "registered" (註冊)
        , in relation to a school, means registered under section 13 or under
        either of the repealed Ordinances; "registered manager" (註冊校董)
        means a person who is registered as a manager of a school under
        section 29(1) or under either of the repealed Ordinances; "registered
        name" (註冊名稱) means the name in which a school is registered or
        provisionally registered; "registered teacher" (檢定教員) means a
        person who is registered as a teacher under section 45(1) or under
        either of the repealed Ordinances; "repealed Ordinances"
        (已廢除條例) means-

   (a)  the Education Ordinance 1952 ( Cap 279 1964 Ed.); and

   (b)  the Education Ordinance 1913 (26 of 1913); "school" (學校) means an
        institution, organization or establishment which provides for 20 or
        more persons during any one day or 8 or more persons at any one time,
        any nursery, kindergarten, primary, secondary or post 
        secondary education or any other educational course by any means,
        including correspondence delivered by hand or through the postal
        services; (Amended 38 of 1983 s. 2; 42 of 1993 s. 2) "school premises"
        (校舍) includes school recreation rooms, residential facilities,
        playing fields and playing grounds, and any other places used for the
        purposes of a school; "secondary education" (中學教育) means a
        course of education after primary  education which normally commences
        when a child has attained the age of 12 years and is completed before
        he attains the age of 19 years; (Replaced 42 of 1993 s. 2) "secondary
        school" (中學) means a school which provides secondary  education;
        (Added 34 of 1979 s. 2) "sponsoring body" (贊助團體) means a
        society or body corporate that the Director approves in writing to be
        the sponsoring body for a school specified by him; (Added 42 of 1993
        s. 2) "supervisor" (校監) means a registered manager who is approved
        as the supervisor of a school under section 34 or section 38(2) or
        under either of the repealed Ordinances. (Amended 42 of 1993 s. 2)
        "authorized person" (獲授權人士) "Building Authority"
        (建築事務監督) "certificate of provisional registration"
        (臨時註冊證明書) "certificate of registration"
        (註冊證明書) "Director" (署長) "document" (文件) "evening
        instruction" (夜間授課) "functions" (職能) "inclusive fee"
        (費用總額) "inspector of schools" (學校督學) "kindergarten
        education" (幼稚園教育) "manage" (管理) "management committee"
        (校董會) "manager" (校董) "nursery education" (幼兒教育)
        "permit to teach" (准用教員許可證) "permitted teacher"
        (准用教員) "post secondary education" (專上教育) "primary
        education" (小學教育) "primary school" (小學) "principal"
        (校長) "provisionally registered" (臨時註冊) "pupils'
        association" (學生協會) "registered" (註冊) "registered manager"
        (註冊校董) "registered name" (註冊名稱) "registered teacher"
        (檢定教員) "repealed Ordinances" (已廢除條例) "school"
        (學校) "school premises" (校舍) "secondary education"
        (中學教育) "secondary school" (中學) "sponsoring body"
        (贊助團體) "supervisor" (校監)