Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 37

Functions and powers of Registrar

(1) The Registrar shall—

   (a)  establish and maintain a Register of Construction Workers;

   (b)  examine, assess and verify the qualifications of applicants for
        registration or renewal of registration;

   (c)  receive and examine applications for registration or renewal of
        registration, and accept or reject those applications;

   (d)  collect from applicants for registration or renewal of registration,
        or for replacement registration cards, the prescribed fees in relation
        to the application and hand over to the Authority the fees so
        collected;

   (e)  maintain a database of information relating to registered 
        construction workers;

   (f)  collect the copy of record furnished to the Registrar under
        section 58(7)(b) and if directed to do so by the Authority, either
        generally or in a particular case, provide to a public body the
        information contained in those records; and

   (g)  perform such other functions as are imposed on the Registrar under
        this Ordinance or any other enactment.

(2) The Authority shall not direct the Registrar to provide to a public body
any of the information referred to in subsection (1)(f) unless the information
is—

   (a)  to be used in relation to the enforcement of any law; or

   (b)  in the form of a summary that is so framed as not to enable
        particulars relating to any particular registered construction worker
        to be ascertained from it.

(3) The Registrar may do all such things as are necessary for, or incidental
or conductive to, the performance of the Registrar's functions and may
exercise such powers as are conferred on the Registrar under this Ordinance or
any other enactment.