Hong Kong Ordinances

THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Committees of the Council

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

For transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by the Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2002 (23 of 2002), see section 53 of that
Ordinance.

(1) The Council may, in furtherance of its objects, establish, and appoint the
members of, such committees as it thinks fit and any such committee may
consist partly of persons who are not members of the Council.

(2) The chairman of every committee shall be appointed by the Council from
among the members of the Council.

(3) The Council may in writing, with such restrictions or conditions as it
thinks fit, delegate to a committee any of its functions, including the
appointment of an acting President or acting Vice President under section 11,
except- (Amended 23 of 2002 s. 48)

   (a)  its functions under section 7(a) and (b);

   (b)  the appointment or dismissal of the President or a Vice  President;
        (Amended 23 of 2002 s. 48)

   (c)  decisions on terms of remuneration and conditions of service for
        employees of the Institute;

   (d)  the duty to cause financial statements to be prepared as required by
        section 14(2);

   (e)  approval of the report required to be submitted to the Chief Executive
        under section 16(1); (Amended 53 of 2000 s. 3)

   (f)  the making of rules under section 22;

   (g)  the power to establish committees under this section or to appoint
        members to such committees.

(4) Unless rules made under section 22 otherwise provide, sections  48 to 52
of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance ( Cap 1) shall apply to
every committee and to the appointment of members to any committee.

(5) Subject to this section and to any rules made under section 22, a
committee established under this section may regulate its own procedure.
(Enacted 1994)