Hong Kong Ordinances

ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Procedure

(1) The Appeal Board may, with the consent of the parties to an appeal,
consider and decide the appeal on the basis of written submissions only
without holding a hearing to receive oral representations.

(2) In considering an appeal, every question before the Appeal Board shall be
determined by the opinion of the majority of the members of the Appeal Board
voting on the question, and in the case of an equality of votes the presiding
officer shall have a second or casting vote.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a party to an appeal is entitled to be heard in
person or through its authorized representative.

(4) A counsel or solicitor is not entitled to be heard before the Appeal Board
unless—

   (a)  he is acting on his own behalf as a party to an appeal; or

   (b)  he is an officer or employee of a party to an appeal and is acting as
        the authorized representative of the party.

(5) Any hearing held in connection with an appeal to receive oral
representations shall take place in public, but if the Appeal Board after
consulting the parties to the appeal is satisfied that it is desirable to do
so, it may direct that the whole or part of the hearing shall take place in
private and give directions as to the persons who may be present.