Hong Kong Ordinances

AIRPORT AUTHORITY ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Temporary replacement

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 36 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Where the Chief Executive is satisfied that the Chairman or any other
member of the Authority is unable, because of temporary incapacity or some
other cause, to act as a member of the Authority, the Chief Executive may
appoint another person so to act, during a period specified in the
appointment, in place of the member whose inability caused the appointment to
be made.

(2) The period specified in an appointment under subsection (1) may be
extended by the Chief Executive if he is satisfied that the person whose
inability caused the appointment to be made continues to be unable to act as a
member of the Authority.

(3) An appointment under this section shall continue in force until the period
specified in the appointment or, where appropriate, that period as extended,
expires or until the appointment is revoked by the Chief Executive, whichever
first occurs.

(4) For so long as an appointment under this section is in force, the person
whose incapacity caused it to be made shall not act (whether as a chairman or
otherwise) as a member of the Authority. (Enacted 1995. Amended 36 of 1999 s.
3)