### Residential Care Homes (Persons with Disabilities) Ordinance 《殘疾人士院舍條例》

19. Director may order cessation of use of premises as residential care home for PWDs
(1) The Director may by a written order direct that the premises used as a residential care home for PWDs cease to be used as a residential care home for PWDs for the period that the Director thinks fit or until further notice—
(a) if it appears to the Director that there is any danger or risk of danger to the residents in the residential care home; or
(b) if, in respect of the residential care home, the requirements of a direction given under section 18(1) are not complied with within the period indicated in the notice sent under section 18(2).
(2) An order under this section—
(a) is to be sent to the person who is the operator, keeper or manager, or who otherwise has control, of the residential care home concerned; and
(b) takes effect at the following time—
(i) if it is delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be sent, when it is so delivered;
(ii) if it is sent by registered post to the last known address of the person, when it would in the ordinary course of post be delivered to that address; or
(iii) if it is posted in a conspicuous place inside or outside the premises to which it relates, when it is so posted.

20. Exercise of Director’s functions
(1) A Deputy Director of Social Welfare may exercise any function of the Director under this Ordinance.
(2) The Director may authorize any public officer to exercise any function of the Director under this Ordinance.
(3) A person to whom this subsection applies is not personally liable for any civil liability in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the exercise of a function or purported exercise of a function under this Ordinance.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to—
(a) the Director;
(b) any Deputy Director of Social Welfare; and
(c) any public officer authorized under subsection (2).
(5) The protection conferred by subsection (3) does not affect any liability of the Government for the act or omission.

21. Power of Chief Executive to give directions
(1) The Chief Executive may give to the Director, any Deputy Director of Social Welfare or to any other public officer any directions that the Chief Executive thinks fit with respect to the exercise of the person’s functions under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case.
(2) A person to whom a direction is given by the Chief Executive under subsection (1) must, in the exercise of the person’s functions under this Ordinance, comply with that direction.

### Residential Care Homes (Persons with Disabilities) Ordinance 《殘疾人士院舍條例》

23. Code of Practice relating to operation of residential care homes for PWDs
(1) The Director may issue from time to time any Code of Practice setting out principles, procedures, guidelines and standards for the operation, keeping, management or other control of residential care homes for PWDs.
(2) A copy of every Code of Practice issued from time to time under subsection (1) is to be made available during business hours by the Director for inspection by the public, free of charge, at the offices of the Government directed by the Director.

### Residential Care Homes (Persons with Disabilities) Ordinance 《殘疾人士院舍條例》

25. No fee payable in respect of licence or certificate of exemption
No fee is payable—
(a) on an application for the issue or renewal of a licence;
(b) on an application for the issue or renewal of a certificate of exemption;
(c) for the issue or renewal of a licence; or
(d) for the issue or renewal of a certificate of exemption.

### Food Safety Ordinance 《食物安全條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Food Safety Ordinance.
(2)-(3) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)

### Food Safety Ordinance 《食物安全條例》

3. Food not intended for human consumption
(1) This Ordinance does not apply in relation to any food that is not intended for human consumption.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) any food commonly used for human consumption is presumed, unless there is evidence to the contrary, to be intended for human consumption;
(b) any substance capable of being used in the composition or preparation of any food commonly used for human consumption that is found on any premises or in any vessel where that food is prepared is presumed, unless there is evidence to the contrary, to be intended for human consumption.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1) or (2), this Ordinance does not apply in relation to the propagation or promotion of growth of live aquatic products in captivity.

4. Requirement for food importers to be registered
(1) A person must not carry on a food importation business unless the person is registered under this Part as a food importer in respect of that business.
(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a) the person is specified in column 4 of Schedule 1;
(b) the person is exempted, or is in a class of persons that is exempted, under section 6 in respect of the business;
(c) food is imported solely for the purpose of export, and—
(i) the food is air transhipment cargo; or
(ii) during the period between import and export, the food remains in the vessel, vehicle or aircraft in which it was imported; or
(d) food is imported solely in the course of business of a food transport operator.

5. Requirement for food distributors to be registered
(1) A person must not carry on a food distribution business unless the person is registered under this Part as a food distributor in respect of that business.
(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a) the person is specified in column 4 of Schedule 1;
(b) the person is exempted, or is in a class of persons that is exempted, under section 6 in respect of the business; or
(c) the person is registered under this Part as a food importer in respect of the business.