Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES RETRAINING ORDINANCE - SECT 33

Transitional

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by
the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph
(12) of that Resolution.

(1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance under
section 1(2), there was in existence a scheme relating to the importation of
labour the terms of which included an obligation on the part of employers to
pay to the Director a levy in respect of employees granted visas by the
Director under that scheme in accordance with quotas allocated by the
Secretary for Education and Manpower to those employers in respect of those
employees, that scheme shall, on and from that commencement, be deemed to be a
labour importation scheme within the meaning of section 2. (Amended L.N. 130
of 2007)

(2) (Repealed 5 of 1997 s. 7)

(3) The first financial year of the Board (which year may run for a period of
more than 12 months) shall be deemed to have commenced on 9 January 1992 and
shall end on such date as the Board may determine. (Enacted 1992)