Hong Kong Ordinances

LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Functions and powers of the Council

(1) The functions of the Council shall be-

   (a)  at the request of the Board of Trustees, to provide the Board 
        of Trustees with advice on ways and means of promoting the
        objects of the  Trust;

   (b)  on behalf of the Board of Trustees, to promote the objects of 
        the Trust by all or any of the following means-

        (i)    the identification, restoration and refurbishment of relics,
               antiquities and monuments within the meaning of the
               Antiquities and  Monuments Ordinance ( Cap 53) and of other
               historical, archaeological and palaeontological objects, sites
               or structures in Hong Kong;

        (ii)   the provision of facilities at antiquities and monuments and at
               other sites or structures as described in subparagraph (i) in
               order to assist public access to and appreciation of such sites
               or structures;

        (iii)  the aural, visual and written recording of sites of historic
               interest, traditional ceremonies and other aspects of the human
               heritage of Hong Kong;

        (iv)   the publication of books, papers and periodicals, and the
               production of tapes, discs and other articles relating to the
               objects of  the Trust;

        (v)    the holding of exhibitions and conferences relating to the
               objects of the Trust;

        (vi)   such educational activities as the Council considers will
               increase public awareness of and interest in the human heritage
               of Hong Kong;

        (vii)  any other activity, whether of a kind described above or
               otherwise, which the Council considers will promote the
               objects of the  Trust.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), all such powers are hereby conferred on the
Council as are reasonably necessary to enable it to perform the functions
specified in subsection (1)(b).

(3) In respect of any powers delegated to the Council by the Board 
of Trustees under section 6(4) or conferred on the Council by subsection

(2) of this section-

   (a)  the Board of Trustees shall-

        (i)    specify the maximum sums available for the exercise of those
               powers;

        (ii)   make funds available to the Council up to those maxima as
               required from time to time;

        (iii)  give to the Council such general or specific directions
               relating to the exercise of those powers as the
               Board of Trustees may think fit;

   (b)  the Council shall be bound by-

        (i)    decisions of the Board of Trustees as to the maximum sums
               available for the exercise of those powers;

        (ii)   any general or specific directions relating to the exercise of
               those powers which may be communicated to the Council in
               writing by the Board of Trustees. (Enacted 1992)