Hong Kong Ordinances

BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 16

Notice of refusal of renewal, variation of conditions or revocation

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority shall, before serving notice
under section 8(4), 9(4), 10, 13(4), 14 or 15, serve on the holder of the
certificate of exemption or (as the case may be) the licensee notice in
writing of his intention to do so stating the ground on which he intends to
serve such notice and indicating that any person may make written
representations to him within 28 days after service of the notice.

(2) The Authority shall, at the time of service of any notice under subsection
(1), cause a copy of such notice to be posted in a conspicuous place in or
upon the premises used as the bedspace apartment.

(3) Where the Authority is of the opinion that there is imminent danger to the
occupiers of the bedspace apartment in respect of which notice is served under
section 10 or 15 or to the occupiers of any neighbouring premises or building
or the public, the Authority may dispense with the service of a notice under
subsection (1). (Enacted 1994)