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[接上页] 270 5. Duplicate certificate of registration under section 14(7) of the Ordinance ........ 315 6. Restoration to the register under section 10(5) of the Ordinance ..................... 510 7. Certificate of standing under section 14A of the Ordinance ............................ 625 8. Examination fee for an examination for the purpose of section 12(1)(a) of the Ordinance ................................................................................................... 1270 9. Examination fee for an examination for the purpose of section 15(2) and (2A) of the Ordinance on refraction or contact lenses ............................................ 530 10. Certificate verifying registration under section 14A of the Ordinance .............. 475 (Enacted 1994. L.N. 320 of 1996; L.N. 321 of 2000) Cap 359F Sched 4 EXEMPTIONS FROM THE ORDINANCE [section 16] Item Person Exempt Exempt Section 1. A registered medical practitioner while practising medicine 21(1) 2. A student in the course of following any course or undergoing any training in optometry or medicine at the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong or The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 21(1) 3. Any person while- (a) teaching or being engaged in research into optometry at the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong or The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; or (b) being engaged in the clinical practice of optometry in connection with such teaching or research 21(1) (Enacted 1994. L.N. 644 of 1994) Cap 359F Sched 5 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE [section 17] 1. Member ceasing to be member on becoming member of Board A member of the Committee who during the period of his office becomes a member of the Board shall cease to be a member of the Committee. 2. Appointment of acting Chairman If the Chairman of the Committee is or will be unable temporarily to exercise his functions another member of the Board may be nominated by the Board and appointed by the Chairman of the Board to act during the period of his appointment, as Chairman of the Committee. 3. Appointment of acting member If a member of the Committee is or will be unable temporarily to exercise his functions as a member of the Committee a person satisfying the same criteria as applied to the appointment of that member may be nominated by the Hong Kong Optometric Association or the Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists as the case requires, and appointed by the Chairman of the Board to act during the period of his appointment, as that member. 4. Effect of lapse or termination of appointment If at the time the Committee is considering any complaint or information under this Regulation- (a) the appointment of any person to be the Chairman or a member of the Committee lapses by virtue of section 17 of this Regulation or terminates by operation of section 1 of this Schedule; or (b) the appointment of any person under section 2 or 3 of this Schedule lapses,then if such person is not thereupon elected or re-elected or appointed or reappointed, as the case may be, to be the Chairman or a member of the Committee, the chairmanship or membership of such person shall continue by virtue of this section for the purposes of the consideration of such complaint or information by the Committee, but for no other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions in respect of such complaint or information. 5. Resignation by Chairman and member of Committee (1) The Chairman or a member of the Committee may at any time resign from the Committee by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary and, subject to that, if at the time such notice is given the Committee is considering any complaint or information, the person so resigning shall, if so required by the Chairman of the Board, continue to be Chairman or member of the Committee for the purposes of the consideration of such complaint or information but for no other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions in respect of the complaint or information. (2) Section 17 of this Regulation shall apply to any vacancy arising from any resignation under this section as if the vacancy had occurred by effluxion of time. 6. Chairman or member of Committee attending Board meeting The Chairman or any member of the Committee shall not participate as a member of the Board in any meeting relating to the hearing or determination of any complaint or information against any person which is referred to the Board by the Committee for determination if such member has attended any meeting of the Committee at which such complaint or information was considered. 7. Meetings of Committee (1) The Committee shall meet from time to time as directed by the Chairman of the Committee who may at any time adjourn any meeting of the Committee. (2) Except where otherwise provided in the Ordinance the Chairman of the Committee shall determine the procedure to be adopted at any meeting. (Enacted 1994) |