CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - CHAPTER 316T CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:29/11/2002 (Cap 316, section 11) [29 November 2002] (L.N. 183 of 2002) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 1 (Omitted as spent) VerDate:29/11/2002 (Omitted as spent) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 1 Commencement VerDate: This Order shall come into operation on 29 November 2002. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 2 Interpretation VerDate:29/11/2002 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires- "business undertaking" (業務經營) means an undertaking that carries on business in Hong Kong; "innovation activity" (創新活動) means any activity conducted by a business undertaking for the purpose of introducing- (a) any new or substantially improved product or service; (b) any new or substantially improved process in manufacturing a product or in providing a service, and in this definition, "activity" (活動) includes any research and development programme; "schedule" (統計表格) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Ordinance; "survey" (調查) means the statistical survey carried out under section 3; "survey period" (調查期) means the period in respect of which a survey is to be carried out, as determined in accordance with section 6; "undertaking" (經營) includes an undertaking carried on by a non-profit making body or a statutory body. "business undertaking" (業務經營) "innovation activity" (創新活動) "activity" (活動) "schedule" (統計表格) "survey" (調查) "survey period" (調查期) "undertaking" (經營) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 3 Survey of innovation activities VerDate:29/11/2002 A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner every year for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to the innovation activities of business undertakings. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 4 Matters in respect of which information is to be given VerDate:29/11/2002 (1) The matters in respect of which information shall be given in the survey are the matters specified in the Schedule. (2) The information shall be given to the Commissioner- (a) by completing such schedule as the Commissioner may issue for that purpose; and (b) by completing that schedule within such period as may be specified in the schedule. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 5 Persons required to give information VerDate:29/11/2002 The following persons are required to give information in respect of a business undertaking for the purposes of a survey, if so requested by the Commissioner- (a) in the case of a business undertaking that is a body corporate, any director, secretary or other person concerned in the management of the body corporate; (b) in the case of the business undertaking being a partnership, any partner of the partnership; (c) in any other case, the proprietor of the business undertaking. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 6 Survey period VerDate:29/11/2002 (1) The period in respect of which the survey in any year (hereinafter called "survey year") is to be carried out shall be- (a) the calendar year immediately preceding the survey year; or (b) such other period of 12 consecutive months, commencing not earlier than 1 January of the calendar year immediately preceding the survey year and ending not later than 31 March of the survey year, as may be determined by the Commissioner in any particular case and specified by him in the schedule. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commissioner may, in relation to a survey year, determine that the period in respect of which information shall be given under item 6 of the Schedule (information as to the innovation activities), shall be such period- (a) not exceeding 36 months; and (b) commencing not earlier than 1 January of the calendar year 3 years preceding the survey year and ending not later than 31 March of the survey year, as may be specified by him in the schedule. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 7 Sampling methods VerDate:29/11/2002 The Commissioner may use sampling methods in the collection of statistical information under this Order. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 8 Application of Order in certain cases VerDate:29/11/2002 This Order applies to a business undertaking that carried on business during any part of a survey period, as it applies to a business undertaking that carried on business during the whole of the survey period. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SECT 9 Date for destruction of completed schedules VerDate:29/11/2002 All completed schedules collected or received for a survey and all copies of the schedules shall be destroyed by the expiry of a period of 24 months after the end of the survey period. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (SURVEY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:29/11/2002 [sections 4 & 6] MATTERS IN RESPECT OF WHICH INFORMATION IS TO BE GIVEN 1. Name, business address, business registration number, nature of business and type of ownership. 2. Total number of working proprietors, active partners, unpaid family workers, full-time employees and part-time employees engaged in business undertaken by the business undertaking concerned. 3. The actual period within the relevant survey period that the business undertaking has been carrying on its business. 4. Percentage of shareholding by country of origin of investment. 5. Total incomes received from the sale of products, the provision of services and other sources. 6. Innovation activities, by type. 7. Information on the persons engaged in the innovation activities relating to their age, sex, education, profession and the time spent on the innovation activities. 8. Expenditure in respect of the innovation activities with information on the expenses incurred on each type of innovation activity, the sources of the funds and the parties conducting the relevant activities. 9. Income received from the innovation activities, by type, and the sources of the income. 10. Factors affecting the conduct of the innovation activities. 11. Information relating to strategic changes of the business undertaking in respect of organizational structure, management, business strategies and the effect thereof.