Hong Kong Ordinances

ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Functions of Appeal Board

(1) For the purposes of an appeal, the Appeal Board may—

   (a)  determine any matter of practice or procedure relating to the appeal
        where no provision governing such matter is made in this Ordinance or
        in any rules made under section 17(2);

   (b)  receive and consider any material, whether by way of oral evidence,
        written statements, documents or otherwise, and whether or not it
        would be admissible in a court of law; and

   (c)  by notice in writing, request any person—

        (i)    to produce to the Appeal Board any document or article that is
               relevant to the appeal and is in his custody or under his
               control; or

        (ii)   to appear before the Appeal Board and to give evidence relevant
               to the appeal.

(2) After considering an appeal, the Appeal Board shall—

   (a)  make a decision to—

        (i)    confirm, vary or reverse the determination or decision under
               appeal or substitute any other determination or decision for
               the determination or decision under appeal; or

        (ii)   subject to subsection (3), direct the Accreditation Authority
               or the QR Authority, as the case may be, to review the
               determination or decision under appeal within such period as
               the Appeal Board may specify; and

   (b)  notify the Accreditation Authority or the QR Authority, as the case
        may be, and the appellant in writing of its decision and the reasons
        for the decision.

(3) Subsection (2)(a)(ii) does not apply in relation to an appeal against a
decision made under section 15(b).