Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (NOMINATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEES (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL)) REGULATION - SECT 2

Appointment of the Committee

(Past version on 07/05/1999).
(Past version on 16/01/1998).

PART II

THE COMMITTEE

(1) The Commission may appoint one or more committees each to be known as a
Nominations Advisory Committee (Legislative Council) and consisting of one
member who must be- (L.N. 115 of 1999)

   (a)  a person who is admitted as a barrister or a solicitor under the
        Legal Practitioners Ordinance ( Cap 159) or is qualified for such
        admission; or

   (b)  a person with such other qualifications in the law, whether academic
        or professional, as the Commission considers appropriate.

(2) Notice of any appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the
Gazette by the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the
appointment.

(3) An appointment under subsection (1) must be for such period as specified
by the Commission in the notice under subsection (2).

(4) An appointment under subsection (1) may be in relation to such
general election or by-election or, where appropriate, general elections or
by-elections, as the Commission may determine. (L.N. 209 of 2001)

(5) The Commission must specify in any notice under subsection (2)-

   (a)  the general election or general elections, or by-election or
        by-elections, in relation to which the Committee concerned is
        appointed, with reference to the year or date on which any such
        general election or by-election is, or general elections or
        by-elections are, to be held. (L.N. 209 of 2001)

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 209 of 2001)

(6) The member constituting a Committee may be paid remuneration of such
amount or at such rate as the Commission may determine.