Hong Kong Ordinances

MARINE FISH (MARKETING) ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Functions of the Organization

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 65 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The functions of the Organization shall be to-

   (a)  establish, regulate and conduct wholesale fish markets, depots and
        ancillary establishments, including the making of administrative rules
        for the same; and

   (b)  furnish the Chief Executive with all such information as he may
        require for the purposes of section 6 (which empowers the Chief
        Executive to give directions to the Organization).

(2) In addition to the functions specified in subsection (1) the Organization
may-

   (a)  buy, sell, grade, pack, store, adapt for sale, process, insure,
        advertise, and transport fishery products;

   (b)  buy, sell, hire, or let out for hire, anything required in the
        production, adaptation for sale, or transport of fishery products;

   (c)  provide such services as may be deemed necessary for the improvement
        of the marketing of fishery products and the promotion of co-operative
        enterprise in the fisheries industry;

   (d)  make provisions for the education, health and welfare of persons
        employed in the fisheries industry and their families and dependants;

   (e)  make loans to persons employed in the fisheries industry upon such
        terms as the Organization shall see fit; and

   (f)  engage in such other activities (whether similar to those hereinbefore
        specified or not) as may be sanctioned by order of the Chief
        Executive. (Amended 65 of 1999 s. 3)