Hong Kong Ordinances

PENSION BENEFITS ORDINANCE - SECT 29B

Panel

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 63 of 1999 s. 3

(1) There shall be an advisory panel (in section 29A and this
section referred to as "the Panel") to perform the functions conferred on it
by section 29A and this section.

(2) The Panel shall consist of 3 members of whom-

   (a)  1 shall be appointed by the Chief Executive from amongst-

        (i)    the judiciary; or

        (ii)   the members of the Bar who are not public officers; or

        (iii)  the members of the Solicitors' profession who are not such
               officers;

   (b)  another shall be appointed by the Chief Executive from amongst the
        justices of the peace who are not public officers; and

   (c)  the remaining member shall be a person, other than a person described
        in paragraph (a) or (b) or a public officer, appointed by the Chief
        Executive.

(3) Where the Chief Executive makes a requirement under section  29A (7), the
member of the Panel to whom the letter containing the requirement is addressed
shall, as soon as may be, convene a meeting of all the members of the Panel to
consider and report to the Chief Executive on the petition to which the
requirement relates.

(4) (a) A person appointed to be a member of the Panel shall be appointed for
such period (being a period not exceeding 3 years), as shall be specified by
the Chief Executive at the time of appointment.

   (b)  A member of the Panel may resign his office by letter addressed to the
        Chief Executive and the resignation shall take effect as on and from
        the date of the receipt of the letter by the Chief Executive.

   (c)  The Chief Executive may remove from office any member of the  Panel
        who has become incapable through ill-health of effectively performing
        his duties, or who has committed stated misbehaviour or whose removal
        appears to the Chief Executive to be necessary for the effective
        performance by the Panel of its functions.

(5) Sections 42, 48 and 49 of the Interpretation and General 
Clauses Ordinance ( Cap 1) shall not have effect as regards the Panel or its
members. (Added 86 of 1988 s. 5. Amended 63 of 1999 s. 3)