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[接上页] (3) Subsection (2) applies only to documents in the custody and control of the Authority. (4) The Director of Audit may report to the President of the Legislative Council the results of an examination conducted by him under this section. (5) Without prejudice to the power of the Director of Audit to conduct an examination under this section, this section applies to any sum of money paid by the Authority in the exercise of its power under section 5(1). (Enacted 1990) Cap 113 s 12 Exemption from taxation The Authority shall be exempt from taxation under the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112). (Enacted 1990) Cap 113 s 13 Establishment of committees PART IV COMMITTEES (1) The Authority may establish such committees for the better performance of its functions and exercise of its powers as it thinks fit. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the Authority's power to establish committees under subsection (1), the Authority may- (a) for a particular region of Hong Kong, establish a committee, to be called a Regional Advisory Committee, to provide the Authority with advice- (i) on the needs of that region for hospital services; and (ii) to assist the Authority in the better performance of its functions and exercise of its powers in relation to that region; or(b) for a particular public hospital, establish a committee, to be called a Hospital Governing Committee, to govern the public hospital in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and any directions of the Authority.(3) The relevant provisions of Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to a committee and its members. (4) Subject to the relevant provisions of Schedule 3, the Authority- (a) may appoint members of the Authority, and persons who are not such members, to be members of a committee; and (b) shall appoint the chairman of a committee and determine the number of members of a committee.(5) Part VII of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1) shall apply to a committee and appointments to the committee except in so far as it is inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance. (Enacted 1990) Cap 113 s 14 Functions and powers of committees A committee- (a) shall perform such functions and may exercise such powers as are- (i) imposed or conferred on it under this Ordinance; or (ii) delegated to it by the Authority under section 6; and(b) may, subject to the relevant provisions of Schedule 3 and to any directions of the Authority, regulate its own procedure. (Enacted 1990) Cap 113 s 15 Chief Executive may give directions Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 60 of 2000 s. 3 PART V MISCELLANEOUS The Chief Executive may, if he considers the public interest so requires, give directions in writing of a general or specific character to the Authority in relation to the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers and the Authority shall comply with those directions. (Enacted 1990. Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 113 s 16 Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food to consult with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury before exercising certain powers The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food shall, before exercising any of his powers under section 5(1), 8(2) or (3) or 9(2), consult with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. (Enacted 1990. Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) Cap 113 s 17 Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food may obtain information The Authority shall upon request by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food afford to him sufficient facilities for obtaining information with respect to the property, liabilities and activities of the Authority and shall furnish him with returns, accounts and other information and afford to him facilities for the verification of information furnished in the manner and at the times that the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food requires. (Enacted 1990. Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) Cap 113 s 18 Fees for hospital services (1) A Hospital Governing Committee may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5), determine the fees payable for hospital services provided by the public hospital for which it is established. (2) At any time when there is no Hospital Governing Committee established for a public hospital, the Authority may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (6), determine the fees payable for hospital services provided by the public hospital. (3) A Hospital Governing Committee in a determination under subsection (1), and the Authority in a determination under subsection (2), may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5) or (6), as the case may be, specify, either generally or specifically, the circumstances in which, and by whom, a fee for a hospital service provided by the public hospital to which the determination relates may be reduced, waived or refunded, in whole or in part. (4) Where a Hospital Governing Committee has made a determination under subsection (1), or the Authority has made a determination under subsection (2), it shall, as soon as practicable, and subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5) or (6), as the case may be, cause the determination made by it to be published in the Gazette. |