### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

13. Registration of school
On receiving an application in accordance with section 11, the Permanent Secretary shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) by registering the school in respect of which the application is made; or
(b) by refusing under section 14 to register the school.

### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

15. Provisional registration of school
(1) At any time after an application for registration of a school is made in accordance with section 11 and before the application is determined, the Permanent Secretary may provisionally register the school for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as he thinks fit.
(2) The Permanent Secretary may extend the period of provisional registration of a school for such further periods, not exceeding 12 months at one time, as he thinks fit.
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

16. Effect on provisional registration when application for registration is determined
(1) If the Permanent Secretary registers a school which is provisionally registered, the provisional registration of the school shall cease to have effect.
(2) If the Permanent Secretary refuses to register a school which is provisionally registered, the provisional registration of the school shall not by reason only of such refusal cease to have effect.
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

17. Restrictions on registration and provisional registration
Notwithstanding sections 13 and 15, the Permanent Secretary shall not— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) register or provisionally register a school in any name containing the word “university” or the Chinese characters “ 大學 ” or “ 學院 ”. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2021)
(b) (Repealed 42 of 1993 s. 8)

18. Certificate of registration or provisional registration
(1) On registering or provisionally registering a school, the Permanent Secretary shall issue to the management authority a certificate of registration or a certificate of provisional registration in the specified form and sufficient copies of the certificate so that the certificate or a copy may be exhibited in each of the premises specified in the certificate. (Amended 8 of 2001 s. 4)
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), section 20 and section 71, the management authority of a school shall cause the certificate or a copy issued by the Permanent Secretary under subsection (1) to be exhibited at all times in a conspicuous place in each of the premises specified in the certificate.
(3) If the Permanent Secretary extends the period of provisional registration of a school under section 15(2), the management authority shall within one month after the date when it is notified of the extension deliver the certificate of provisional registration and every copy of the certificate to the Permanent Secretary, who shall amend the certificate and the copies thereof accordingly and return them to the management authority. (Amended 27 of 2004 s. 6)
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11; 27 of 2004 s. 70)

### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

18A. Approval of Permanent Secretary required for post secondary education
(1) No management authority of a school shall cause or allow post secondary education to be provided at the school unless it has received the approval of the Permanent Secretary to do so. (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11; 27 of 2004 s. 70)
(2) The supervisor of a school without IMC who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (Amended L.N. 205 of 2000)
(3) If an incorporated management committee contravenes subsection (1) with the consent or connivance of a manager of the school, the manager shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (Added 27 of 2004 s. 7)
(Added 42 of 1993 s. 9. Amended 27 of 2004 s. 7)

19. Premises in which school may be operated
(1) No school shall be operated in any premises other than the premises specified in the certificate of registration or provisional registration of the school.
(2) No teacher in any school shall teach in any premises other than the premises specified in the certificate of registration or provisional registration of the school.

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20. Change of premises
(1) The management authority of a school may apply in writing to the Permanent Secretary to amend the certificate of registration or provisional registration by— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11; 27 of 2004 s. 70)
(a) specifying in the certificate any additional or alternative premises; or
(b) deleting from the certificate reference to any premises or to any part of any premises.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by—
(a) the certificate in respect of which the application is made;
(b) every copy of the certificate issued under section 18(1); and
(c) 3 copies of a plan or diagram, specifying dimensions, of the premises or the part of the premises to which the application relates.
(3) An application under subsection (1)(a) shall specify the names and addresses of the landlord and the tenant of the premises or the part of the premises to which the application relates.
(4) An application under subsection (1)(a) in respect of any premises or any part of any premises which are not designed and constructed for the purposes of a school shall be accompanied by the certificates and the notice specified in section 12(1), and the provisions of section 12(2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply as if the application were an application for registration of a school.
(5) On receiving an application in accordance with this section, the Permanent Secretary shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) by granting the application wholly or partly, in either of which cases he shall amend the certificate of registration or provisional registration and the copies thereof accordingly; or
(b) by refusing to grant the application.
(6) The Permanent Secretary shall return to the management authority the certificate of registration or provisional registration and the copies thereof, amended accordingly if he grants an application under subsection (5)(a). (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11; 27 of 2004 s. 70)

20A. Change of name for school
(1) Where a school that is registered or provisionally registered wishes to change its name it shall first obtain the approval of the Permanent Secretary.
(2) In considering an application under this section the same criteria apply as in a decision by the Permanent Secretary under section 14(1)(o).
(Added 42 of 1993 s. 10. Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

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27. Managers of schools to be registered
No person shall act as a manager of a school unless he is registered as a manager of the school under section 29(1).

28. Application for registration of manager
An application for registration as a manager of a school shall be made to the Permanent Secretary in the specified form.
(Amended 42 of 1993 s. 13; 8 of 2001 s. 4; 3 of 2003 s. 11)

29. Registration of manager
(1) On receiving an application in accordance with section 28, the Permanent Secretary shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) by registering the applicant as a manager of the school in respect of which the application is made; or
(b) by refusing under section 30 to register the applicant as a manager of the school in respect of which the application is made.
(2) (Repealed 8 of 2001 s. 5)