Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Time limit on imposing surcharge: construction operations under term contract

In the case of construction operations carried out under a term contract, a
surcharge may not be imposed after the expiry of whichever is the last to end
of the following periods—

   (a)  2 years after the completion of all construction operations under the
        contract;

   (b)  2 years after the expiry of the period within which the contract
        stipulates that all such construction operations have to be completed;

   (c)  one year after evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Council to
        justify the imposition of the surcharge, comes to its knowledge.