Hong Kong Regulations

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RULES - SECT 4

Continuing Professional Development Scheme

The Society shall institute and organize, in accordance with these Rules, a
system of continuing professional development for trainee solicitors and
solicitors to be known as the Continuing Professional Development Scheme, and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may-

   (a)  provide courses, lectures, seminars or other programmes of
        instruction;

   (b)  subject to any conditions-

        (i)    authorize other persons or organizations to provide courses,
               lectures, seminars or other programmes of instruction;

        (ii)   approve courses, lectures, seminars or other programmes of
               instruction provided by other persons or organizations;

        (iii)  determine or approve the number of CPD accreditation points to
               be credited to each course, lecture, seminar, other programme
               or other method of study provided for under the Scheme;

        (iv)   authorize other persons or organizations to accredit the number
               of CPD accreditation points for a course, lecture, seminar or
               other programme or method of study provided for under the
               Scheme in accordance with the criteria and guidelines issued
               from time to time by the Society;

   (c)  remove any authorization or approval referred to in paragraph

   (b)  (i), (ii) and (iv);

   (d)  revoke or amend any CPD accreditation points accredited under
        paragraph (b)(iii); and

   (e)  revoke any determination or approval referred to in paragraph

   (b)  (iii).