Hong Kong Regulations

MANDATORY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES (GENERAL) REGULATION - SECT 55

Approved trustee to give membership certificates to relevant employees

(1) Within 60 days after a relevant employee of a participating employer
becomes a member of a registered scheme, the approved trustee of the scheme
must give a membership certificate to the employee.

(2) A membership certificate must specify-

   (a)  the name of the scheme; and

   (b)  the name of the approved trustee of the scheme; and

   (c)  the address of the trustee's principal place of business in Hong Kong,
        unless paragraph (d) applies; and

   (d)  the trustee's residential address if the trustee is a natural person
        and does not have a place of business in Hong Kong; and

   (e)  the name of the scheme member; and

   (f)  the date of issue of the certificate.

(3) The approved trustee of a registered scheme may arrange to give to the
member's employer the membership certificate. In that case, that employer must
ensure that the certificate is given to the member within 7 working days after
the employer receives it.

(4) An approved trustee is not required to comply with this section in
relation to a casual employee who is a member of an industry scheme.