Hong Kong Ordinances

NON-LOCAL HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (REGULATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 26

Appeal Board

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 2000 s. 3

(1) Every appeal made under section 11, 12 or 15 shall be determined by the
Appeal Board to be known as the Non-local Higher and Professional Education
Appeal Board.

(2) The Chief Executive shall appoint a person to be the Chairman of the
Appeal Board and such number of persons as he thinks fit to be the Deputy
Chairmen of the Appeal Board. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)

(3) Subject to subsection (7), the Chairman or any Deputy Chairman shall be
appointed for a term of not more than 2 years but may be reappointed.

(4) A person appointed under subsection (2) shall be a solicitor or barrister
within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance ( Cap  159).

(5) The Chief Executive shall appoint a panel of persons whom he considers
suitable for appointment under section 27 as members of the Appeal Board.
(Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)

(6) An appointment under subsection (2) or (5) shall be notified in the
Gazette.

(7) The Chairman and any Deputy Chairman or person appointed under subsection
(5) may at any time resign by notice in writing to the Chief Executive.
(Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)

(8) No public officer shall be appointed to be the Chairman, Deputy  Chairman
or member of the panel under subsection (2) or (5). (Enacted 1996)