Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 70

Power to amend Schedule 5

(1) The Legislative Council may by resolution amend Schedule 5.

(2) Any amendment to Schedule 5 shall come into effect on the expiry of the
specified period.

(3) Despite the coming into effect of any amendment made under subsection (1),
Schedule 5 as it was before such amendment continues to apply to the
construction operations to which this subsection applies.

(4) Subsection (3) applies to the following construction operations—

   (a)  construction operations the tender for which had been submitted to the
        employer before the expiry of the specified period;

   (b)  other construction operations carried out under a construction
        contract, if the contract had been entered into before the expiry of
        the specified period or the construction operations had commenced
        before the expiry of that period; and

   (c)  construction operations other than those referred to in paragraphs (a)
        and (b), that had commenced before the expiry of the specified period.

(5) In this section, “specified period” (指明期間), in relation to a
particular amendment made under subsection (1), means the period of 30 days
after the publication in the Gazette of that amendment. “specified period”
(指明期間)