Hong Kong Ordinances

BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Renewal of licence

(1) A licensee may, not later than 3 months before the expiration of his
licence, apply for the licence to be renewed.

(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made to the Authority in such
form and manner as the Authority may determine.

(3) The Authority may determine an application under this section-

   (a)  by issuing to the applicant, on payment of the prescribed fee, a new
        licence for a period not exceeding 12 months subject to such
        conditions (whether equivalent, additional or alternative to those
        imposed under section 12(2)(a)) as he considers necessary or expedient
        for the regulation, supervision and control of the bedspace apartment;
        or

   (b)  by refusing to renew the licence on any ground specified in section 15
        which would have entitled him to revoke the licence.

(4) Subject to sections 16 and 26(2), where the Authority refuses to renew a
licence, he shall serve on the licensee notice in writing stating the ground
for such refusal.

(5) A licence in respect of which an application for renewal is made under
this section and which expires prior to the determination of such application
shall, unless such application is withdrawn, or the licence is revoked under
section 15, remain in effect until the determination by the Authority of such
application.

(6) A new licence issued under subsection (3)(a) shall take effect on the day
following the day on which the licence in force at the time of the application
for renewal expires or (in any case to which subsection

(5) applies) would have expired but for subsection (5). (Enacted 1994)