Hong Kong Regulations

ESTATE AGENTS (LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 16

Acts pending disposal of application not considered contravention of sections 15 and 16 of the Ordinance

(1) If an application has been made for the grant of a licence by an applicant
in accordance with this Regulation before the implementation  date and has not
been finally disposed of on or before the implementation  date, then the
applicant shall not, by reason only of his doing anything referred to in the
relevant provision during the period from the implementation date to the date
when the licence is granted and received by him or when he is notified of the
refusal of the application, be regarded as contravening the
relevant provision.

(2) In this section, "relevant provision" (有關條文) means-

   (a)  in the case of an application for the grant of an estate agent's
        licence, section 15 of the Ordinance;

   (b)  in the case of an application for the grant of a salesperson's
        licence, section 16 of the Ordinance.

"relevant provision" (有關條文)