Hong Kong Regulations

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 28/02/2003).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by
the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph
(12) of that Resolution. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires- "day" (天) means a period of 24 hours beginning and ending at
midnight;

"employer" (僱主) or "person" (人) includes a proprietor; (L.N. 84 of 1980)

"industrial undertaking" (工業經營) has the meaning assigned to it in the
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance ( Cap 59); (L.N. 84 of 1980)

"parent" (父母), in relation to a child, includes a guardian and the person
having actual custody of the child;

"proprietor" (東主) has the meaning assigned to it in the Factories and 
Industrial Undertakings Ordinance ( Cap 59); (L.N. 84 of 1980)

"school" (學校) , in relation to a child, means a primary or secondary
school within the meaning of the Education Ordinance ( Cap 279) and at which
the child is a pupil at the relevant time;

"school attendance certificate" (在學證明書) means a certificate, in a
form specified by the Permanent Secretary for Education, issued by the
principal of a school, certifying that the child to whom it relates is
attending at the school; (3 of 2003 s. 41; L.N. 130 of 2007)

"secondary education" (中學教育) has the meaning assigned to it in the
Education Ordinance ( Cap 279);

"week" (星期) means the period between midnight on Saturday night and
midnight on the succeeding Saturday night. "day" (天)

"employer" (僱主) or "person" (人)

"industrial undertaking" (工業經營)

"parent" (父母)

"proprietor" (東主)

"secondary education" (中學教育)

"school" (學校)

"school attendance certificate" (在學證明書)

"week" (星期)