Hong Kong Regulations

DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (LIQUOR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 20

Issue and duration of licences

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) As soon as practicable after the granting of an application for a
liquor licence or any renewal thereof, the Board shall, upon payment to the
Director of Accounting Services of the prescribed fee or such proportion
thereof as is provided by paragraphs (4) and (5), issue to the applicant a
liquor licence. (L.N. 16 of 1977; 39 of 1985 s. 60)

(2) (Repealed 39 of 1985 s. 60)

(3) A liquor licence shall be valid for a period of 1 year or such lesser
period as the Board shall determine, commencing from the date on which it is
granted or such other subsequent date as the Board may determine. (L.N. 149 of
1975; L.N. 320 of 1983; 78 of 1999 s. 7)

(4) Where any liquor licence is granted for any period other than 1 year, the
fee payable for such licence shall be such proportion of the prescribed fee as
the period for which such licence will be valid bears to a period of 12
months.

(5) For the purpose of calculating the fee payable under paragraph

(4), any fraction of $1 shall count as $1.
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Note: The fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a liquor licence
is waived if the term of the licence begins within the period from 1 June 2003
to 31 May 2004 (please see the Dutiable Commodities (Waiver of Liquor Licence
Fees) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 140 of 2003)).