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[接上页] (a) the Authority; (b) an employee, agent or a partner of the Authority; or (c) a body corporate established by the Authority, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Authority(2) The Authority shall record the disclosure in the minutes of the meeting of the Authority (3) A member who has an interest in a contract referred to in subparagraph (1)- (a) shall not without the permission of the Chairman or other member presiding take any part in any deliberation of the Authority with respect to that contract; and (b) shall not in any event vote on any matter concerning it.(4) For the purposes of subparagraph (1), a member may give a notice in writing at a meeting of the Authority to the effect that he is a member of a company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be made with the company or firm and the notice shall be regarded as a sufficient disclosure of his interest in relation to any contract so made or proposed to be so made. (5) A member of the Authority need not attend in person at a meeting of the Authority to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice in writing which is brought up and read at the meeting. 6. Fees and allowances payable to members of Authority (1) The Authority may pay its members such fees and allowances as the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, after consulting with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, determines. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) (2) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any member of the Authority who is a public officer. 7. Chief Executive may in certain circumstances declare office of member of Authority to be vacantIf the Chief Executive is satisfied that a member of the Authority appointed under section 3(3)(d)- (a) has been absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Authority without the permission of the Authority; (b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; (c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or (d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,the Chief Executive may declare his office as a member of the Authority to be vacant, and shall notify the fact in such manner as the Chief Executive thinks fit; and upon such declaration the office shall become vacant. (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3) 8. Quorum of Authority, etc. (1) The quorum of the Authority shall be not less than half the members thereof for the time being but, in any case, not less than 10 and, while a member is disqualified from taking part in a decision or deliberation of the Authority in respect of a matter, he shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Authority for deciding, or deliberating on, that matter. (2) All matters for determination at a meeting of the Authority shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and where there is an equality of votes the Chairman or other member presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his original vote. 9. Procedure of Authority Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Authority shall have power to regulate its own procedure including the manner in which decisions of the Authority may be made by a quorum of its members otherwise than at a meeting of the Authority. 10. Employees, etc. of the Authority (1) Subject to paragraph 3(1), the Authority shall determine- (a) the remuneration, and the terms and conditions of employment, of its employees; and (b) the standards of work and conduct of its employees, and matters relating to their suspension or dismissal from office.(2) The Authority shall determine the remuneration and the terms and conditions of engagement of technical and professional advisers, and the manner of their engagement. (3) The Authority may- (a) grant, or make provision for the grant of, pensions, gratuities and retirement benefits to employees; (b) provide other benefits for the welfare of employees and their dependants; (c) authorize payments, whether or not legally due, to the personal representatives of a deceased employee or to any person who was dependent on such employee at his death; and (d) pay to the Government amounts representing the cost of pensions, allowances, gratuities, or pension benefits payable by the Government pursuant to section 5 of the Pensions (Special Provisions) (Hospital Authority) Ordinance (Cap 80) in respect of service under the Authority rendered by persons transferred from service under the Government to service under the Authority. (Amended 4 of 1992 s. 7)(4) The Authority may- (a) establish, manage and control; or (b) enter into an arrangement with the Government, any company or association for the establishment, management and control by the Government, that company or association either alone or jointly with the Authority of, (Amended 4 of 1992 s. 7)any fund or scheme for the purpose of providing for the pensions, gratuities, benefits and payments referred to in subparagraph (3). |