Hong Kong Regulations

AIR TRANSPORT (LICENSING OF AIR SERVICES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

The Air Transport Licensing Authority

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) The Licensing Authority for the purposes of this Part shall consist of
such number of members, not being less than 3, as the Chief Executive may from
time to time determine, and shall be known as the "Air Transport Licensing
Authority".

(2) Every member of the Licensing Authority shall be appointed by the Chief
Executive, and, unless he shall earlier resign his office by writing under his
hand addressed to the Chief Executive, shall hold office for such term as the
Chief Executive shall at the time of making the appointment determine but
shall be eligible for reappointment from time to time on the expiration of his
term of office. The Chief Executive shall nominate one of the members to be
Chairman.

(3) The Chief Executive may from time to time appoint deputy members to act in
the place of members who are ill or absent. Such deputy members may be
appointed either for a specified term or to act in the place of a specified
member during his illness or absence.

(4) The Chief Executive may remove any member or deputy member from his office
for inability or misbehaviour.

(5) Where the Chief Executive proposes to appoint a person to be a member or
deputy member of the Licensing Authority, he shall, before making the
appointment require that person to declare whether he has any, and if so what,
financial interest in any undertaking which provides transport for passengers
or goods or which owns or operates aerodromes, manufactures aircraft, aircraft
engines or accessories, or supplies aircraft fuel or lubricants. If any member
or deputy member of the Licensing Authority acquires any such financial
interest he shall, within 4 weeks after so doing, give notice thereof in
writing to the Chief Executive specifying the interest so acquired, and the
Chief Executive after taking the matter into consideration may, if he thinks
fit, declare that the member or deputy member has vacated his office and the
seat of such member or deputy member shall thereupon become vacant.

(6) (a) The Chief Executive may appoint a person to be secretary to the
Licensing Authority.

   (b)  The Licensing Authority may appoint such other officers and servants
        as may, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, be necessary to enable
        them to discharge their duties.

   (c)  The way in which the Licensing Authority shall determine questions for
        their decision shall be such as the Chief Executive may prescribe.
        (L.N. 4 of 2004)

(7) The quorum at a meeting of the Licensing Authority for the dispatch of
business is 3 members. (L.N. 4 of 2004)

(36 of 1999 s. 3)