### Social Workers Registration Ordinance 《社會工作者註冊條例》

38. Fees
(1) The Board may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (4), determine the fee payable for any relevant matter.
(2) The Board may, in a determination under subsection (1), subject to any directions given to it under subsection (4), specify, either generally or specifically, the circumstances in which, and by whom, a fee for any relevant matter may be reduced, waived or refunded, in whole or in part.
(3) Where the Board has made a determination under subsection (1), it shall, after consultation with the Secretary, as soon as practicable, and subject to any directions given to it under subsection (4), publish a copy of the determination in at least one English and one Chinese language newspaper circulating generally in Hong Kong.
(4) The Secretary may give directions in writing of a general or specific character to the Board in relation to the exercise of its power under subsection (1) or (2), or the performance of its function under subsection (3), and the Board shall comply with those directions.
(5) The Board and the Registrar may each refuse to carry out any relevant matter for which any fee (including part of any fee) specified in a determination under subsection (1) remains unpaid.
(6) In this section, relevant matter (有關事宜) means—
(a) the correction of the Register, whether pursuant to a notice under section 16(3) or otherwise;
(b) the provision of a copy of any part of the Register;
(c) an application for registration as a registered social worker;
(d) an application for renewal of the registration of a registered social worker;
(e) an application for the renewal of the registration of a registered social worker received later than 28 days prior to the expiry of the current registration;
(f) the extension of the time for renewal of the registration of a registered social worker;
(g) the restoration of a name to the Register following the carrying out of a disciplinary order under section 30(1)(b);
(h) the extension or further extension of the period specified in section 34(5) in the case of social work service referred to in section 34(4)(a) or (b) provided by a person;
(i) the replacement of a certificate of registration which has been lost, defaced or destroyed;
(j) any other matter specified under subsection (7) for the purposes of this definition.

(7) The Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, specify a matter for the purposes of the definition of relevant matter

### Social Workers Registration Ordinance 《社會工作者註冊條例》

39. Amendment of Schedules
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may by notice in the Gazette amend Schedule 1. (Amended 37 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) The Secretary may by notice in the Gazette amend Schedule 2.

### Coroners Ordinance 《死因裁判官條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2019)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Coroners Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2019)

### Coroners Ordinance 《死因裁判官條例》

3. Appointment of coroners
(1) The Chief Executive may appoint a person to be a coroner. (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 158)
(2) (Repealed 10 of 2005 s. 158)(3) An appointment under subsection (1) shall be notified in the Gazette.
(Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

3AA. Professional qualifications of coroners
(1) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a coroner if—
(a) he is qualified to practise as a barrister, solicitor or advocate in a court in Hong Kong or any other common law jurisdiction having unlimited jurisdiction either in civil or criminal matters; and
(b) since becoming so qualified, he has for a period of or periods totalling not less than 5 years—
(i) practised as a barrister, solicitor or advocate in such a court;
(ii) been a legal officer as defined in section 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87);
(iii) been the Director of Legal Aid or a Deputy Director of Legal Aid, Assistant Director of Legal Aid or Legal Aid Officer, appointed in accordance with section 3 of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap. 91);
(iv) been the Official Receiver or an Assistant Official Receiver (Legal), Assistant Principal Solicitor, Senior Solicitor or Solicitor, appointed in accordance with section 75 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6); or
(v) been the Director of Intellectual Property or a Deputy Director of Intellectual Property, Assistant Director of Intellectual Property, Assistant Principal Solicitor, Senior Solicitor or Solicitor, appointed in accordance with section 3 of the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap. 412). (Amended 26 of 2012 s. 43)
(2) For the purposes of calculating the period of 5 years referred to in subsection (1)(b)—
(a) periods of less than 5 years falling within any of the subparagraphs of that subsection may be combined;
(b) periods served in an office specified in Part I of the First Schedule to the repealed Registrar General (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap. 100) may be taken into account notwithstanding the repeal of that Ordinance.
(Added 10 of 2005 s. 159)

### Coroners Ordinance 《死因裁判官條例》

3A. Appointment of deputy coroners
(1) The Chief Justice may appoint a person who is eligible under section 3AA to be appointed as a coroner to be a deputy coroner for such period and on such terms as he thinks fit. Such appointment shall be notified in the Gazette. (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 160)
(2) Subject to the terms of appointment, a deputy coroner shall, during the period for which he is appointed, have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges, and perform all the duties of a coroner and any reference in any law to a coroner shall be construed accordingly.
(3) Every appointment made in accordance with this section may be terminated by the Chief Justice at any time.
(4) Where an inquest conducted before a deputy coroner is adjourned or where findings is reserved therein, the deputy coroner shall have power to resume the inquest or to give the findings which he has reserved, notwithstanding that before the inquest is resumed or findings is given, his appointment has expired or has been terminated.
(Added 21 of 1999 s. 19)

4. Reportable deaths
(1) Where a reportable death comes to the knowledge of a person specified in column 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 in the particular circumstances, if any, specified in that column, that person shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the death comes to his knowledge, make a report of the death to the person specified in column 3 of that Part opposite that first-mentioned person.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person who fails to discharge a duty imposed upon him under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 14 days.
(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that—
(a) he had reasonable cause to believe and did believe that—
(i) another person was also subject to the duty under subsection (1) in respect of the reportable death concerned; and
(ii) that other person had discharged that duty;
(b) he had reasonable cause to believe and did believe that that reportable death was not a reportable death; or
(c) he took all reasonable steps to discharge that duty in respect of that reportable death.
(4) No prosecution shall be instituted under subsection (2) without the consent of the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)