Hong Kong Regulations

CHILD CARE SERVICES REGULATIONS,CHILD CARE SERVICES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Inclusion in and removal from the registers referred to in regulation 3

(Past version on 01/09/2005).
(Past version on 09/06/2000).
(Past version on 30/09/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Application for inclusion in any of the registers referred to in
regulation 3 shall be made to the Director in such form as he may specify.

(2) The Director shall, on receipt of an application in accordance with
paragraph (1), determine the application-

   (a)  by including the name of the applicant in the appropriate register; or
        (15 of 2005 s. 11)

   (b)  by refusing to include the applicant in any register.

(3) The Director may refuse to include an applicant in any register if it
appears to him that the applicant-

   (a)  is not a fit person to take part in the management of or be employed
        in a centre; or (15 of 2005 s. 11)

   (b)  has failed on 2 or more occasions in relation to the same proposed
        medical examination to comply with a requirement of the Director under
        regulation 42(1) to submit to medical examination. (L.N. 272 of 1997)

(4) The Director may remove the name of a person from any register on any
ground specified in paragraph (3) which would have entitled him to refuse to
include an applicant in a register.

(5) (Repealed 15 of 2005 s. 11)

(6) Notwithstanding any provision in these regulations, the Director may
refuse an application to which paragraph (7) applies unless it is made-

   (a)  before 1 March 2006; or

   (b)  where the Director is satisfied that there is a good reason to grant
        an extension of time to a particular applicant, before a date notified
        in writing by the Director to the applicant. (15 of 2005 s. 11)

(7) This paragraph applies to-

   (a)  an application for inclusion in the register referred to in regulation
        3(1)(a) by virtue of holding a qualification specified in paragraph
        2(a), (b) or (c) of Part I of the First Schedule; and

   (b)  an application for inclusion in the register of child care  workers by
        virtue of holding a qualification specified in paragraph 2(a) or (b)
        of Part II of the First Schedule. (15 of 2005 s. 11) (L.N. 90 of 1980)