Hong Kong Regulations

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

The Air Transport Licensing Authority

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(1) The Licensing Authority for the purposes of this Part shall consist of
such number of members, not being less than 3, as the Governor 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
Governor, and, unless he shall earlier resign his office by writing under his
hand addressed to the Governor, shall hold office for such term as the
Governor 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 Governor shall nominate one of the members to be Chairman.

(3) The Governor 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 Governor may remove any member or deputy member from his office for
inability or misbehaviour.

(5) Where the Governor 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
Governor specifying the interest so acquired, and the Governor 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 Governor 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 Governor, be necessary to enable them to
        discharge their duties.

   (c)  The number of members which shall form a quorum of the
        Licensing Authority for the dispatch of business, and the way in which
        the Licensing Authority shall determine questions for their decision
        shall be such as the Governor may prescribe.