Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 44

Expiry and renewal of registration

(1) Subject to subsection (5), the registration of a person shall expire on a
day that is specified by the Registrar in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) The date so specified shall—

   (a)  if the person is a Hong Kong permanent resident, subject to subsection
        (3), be not less than 12 months, and not more than 48 months, after
        the relevant date;

   (b)  if the person is not a Hong Kong permanent resident, subject to
        subsections (3) and (4), be not more than 48 months after the
        relevant  date.

(3) If, on the date of registration or renewal of registration, the person
holds another registration that is in effect, the date so specified shall be
the day on which that other registration expires.

(4) If, on the date of registration or renewal of registration, the person is
subject to a condition of stay in Hong Kong limiting the period during which
the person may remain in Hong Kong, the date so specified shall be a day
within that period.

(5) A person may apply to the Registrar for the renewal of his registration.

(6) An application under subsection (5) shall be—

   (a)  in the specified form; and

   (b)  accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(7) An application under subsection (5) shall be made—

   (a)  not earlier than 3 months before and not later than 7 business  days
        before the date of expiry of the person's registration;

   (b)  after the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (a) but before
        the date on which the Registrar gives notice to the person that the
        Registrar intends to cancel the person's registration under section 
        49 (1)(b); or

   (c)  in the case where the Registrar has given notice to the person that
        the Registrar intends to cancel the person's registration under
        section 49(1)(b), before the expiry of the period of 14 days referred
        to in section 49(2)(b).

(8) The Registrar shall not renew the registration of a person unless the
Registrar is satisfied that—

   (a)  the person complies with the applicable requirements for registration
        set out in sections 40 and 42(4) and (5); and

   (b)  if the registration will, on the date of its expiry, have been in
        effect for not less than 2 years, the person has attended and
        completed, during the period of 1 year immediately before the date of
        application for renewal of the registration, such development courses
        applicable to his registration as the Authority may specify.

(9) The Authority shall give notice in the Gazette of the development courses
that it specifies for the purposes of subsection

(8)(b).

(10) In this section—

"registration" (註冊) means registration under this Ordinance as—

   (a)  a registered skilled worker for a designated trade;

   (b)  a registered semi-skilled worker for a designated trade; or

   (c)  a registered general worker,
and "registered" (註冊) shall be construed accordingly;

"relevant date" (有關日期) means—

   (a)  the date of registration;

   (b)  in the case of an application for renewal of registration made in
        accordance with subsection (7)(a), the date on which the registration
        would have expired but for the renewal;

   (c)  in the case of an application for renewal of registration made in
        accordance with subsection (7)(b)—

        (i)    the date on which the registration would have expired but for
               the renewal; or

        (ii)   the date of renewal of registration, whichever is the later; or

   (d)  in the case of an application for renewal of registration made in
        accordance with subsection (7)(c), the date of renewal of
        registration.

"registration" (註冊)

"registered" (註冊)

"relevant date" (有關日期)