### Miscellaneous Licences Regulations 《雜類牌照規例》

126. Hygiene
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall provide adequate measures for ventilating, cleansing and otherwise securing hygienic conditions in the premises and shall maintain the premises in a hygienic condition to the satisfaction of the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene.
(L.N. 67 of 1985; 78 of 1999 s. 7)

127. Entry and inspection
Every person holding a licence under this Part shall at all reasonable times permit any police officer not under the rank of inspector and any person authorized in writing by the licensing authority to enter and inspect the licensed premises and the entries in any records kept in connexion therewith.

128. Conditions
(1) Every person holding a licence to keep a dancing school shall observe the following conditions, namely—
(a) that except with the written permission of the licensing authority endorsed on the licence, the licensee shall not transfer, lend or hire his licence to any person;
(b) that the licensee shall not allow the premises to be used for instruction in dancing between the hours of 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. daily;
(c) that except with the written permission of the licensing authority endorsed on the licence, the licensee shall not employ a greater number of instructors and dancing partners than the number endorsed on the licence;
(d) that where the dancing school is situated on a floor, other than the lowest floor, of a building designed for domestic purposes, the licensee shall not permit to be present on the premises at any time when the premises are open for instruction in dancing, a greater number of persons, including instructors and dancing partners, than one person for every square metre of the area which is available for the purposes of instruction, (L.N. 372 of 1884)
and such special conditions as the licensing authority may impose.
(2) Every condition specified in or imposed under paragraph (1) shall be endorsed on the licence.
(L.N. 89 of 1968)

152. (Repealed 64 of 1993 s. 24) 

### Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance 《雜類牌照條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance.

### Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance 《雜類牌照條例》

5. Grant of licences, revocation and appeals
(1) The grant of any licence issued, or to be issued under this Ordinance and the grant of any renewal of any licence shall be in the absolute discretion of the officer authorized to issue such licence.
(2) Such officer may revoke a licence granted to any person on proof to his satisfaction of an offence against this Ordinance or other misconduct by such person.
(3) Notice in writing of a decision of an officer under this section shall be given by such officer to the person in respect of whom it is made.
(4) A notice under subsection (3) shall, except in the case of a decision to grant a licence or to grant a renewal of a licence or to permit the transfer of an existing licence or to impose other conditions, be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the decision.
(5) Any person aggrieved by a decision of any officer made in respect of him under this section may, within 28 days from the date when he was informed of the decision, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board.
(6) A decision that is appealed against under subsection (5) shall be suspended in its operation as from the day on which the appeal is made until such appeal is disposed of, withdrawn or abandoned unless such suspension would, in the opinion of any such officer, be contrary to the public interest and the notice of the decision contains a statement to that effect.
(Replaced 6 of 1994 s. 41)

6. Search warrants
If it is made to appear to a magistrate by information upon oath that there is reason to believe that an offence against this Ordinance is being committed in any place, the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing any police officer to enter and search such place and to arrest such persons as may be found therein.
(Amended 15 of 1952 s. 4; 47 of 1997 s. 10)

### Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance 《雜類牌照條例》

7. Offences and penalties
Any person who—
(a) contravenes the provisions of section 4; or
(b) fails to comply with any condition in a licence issued hereunder; or
(c) in furnishing any particulars which he is required by regulation made hereunder to furnish, furnishes any information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular or furnishes any information without any belief in the truth or accuracy of the information supplied,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) in the case of an offence under paragraph (a), to a fine at level 5 or to imprisonment for 6 months; or 
(ii) in the case of an offence under paragraph (b) or (c), to a fine at level 3 or to imprisonment for 6 months. 
(Replaced 15 of 1952 s. 5. Amended 11 of 1982 s. 5; E.R. 2 of 2021)

8. Liability of agent
Whenever any person to whom any licence or permit or authority has been issued or granted under this Ordinance would be liable under the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder to any punishment, penalty or forfeiture for any act, omission, neglect or default, he shall be liable to the same punishment, penalty or forfeiture for every similar act, omission, neglect or default of any agent or servant employed by him in the course of his business, and every such agent or servant shall also be liable to every punishment, penalty or forfeiture prescribed for such acts, omissions, neglects or defaults contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance as fully and effectually as if he had been the person to whom the licence or permit or authority had been issued or granted.

9. Saving
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other enactment relating to or affecting any place, trade, business or occupation with respect to which this Ordinance applies.
(Replaced 8 of 1941 s. 3)

### Hospital Authority Ordinance 《醫院管理局條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Hospital Authority Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 4 of 2020)

2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Authority (醫管局) means the Hospital Authority established under section 3(1);
Chairman (主席) means the Chairman of the Authority appointed under section 3(3)(a);
committee (委員會) means a committee established under section 13;
fee includes a charge;
function (職能) includes a duty;
Hospital Governing Committee (醫院管治委員會) means a Hospital Governing Committee established under section 13(2)(b);
hospital services (醫院服務) means services provided in, or in connection with, public hospitals, and includes services specified in a notice under subsection (2) to be hospital services;
prescribed hospital (訂明醫院) means a hospital specified in Schedule 1 or 2, and includes any ancillary premises, structures and grounds, and any common parts of hospital premises adjoining any other premises;
principal officer (主要行政人員) means a person employed by the Authority to be a principal officer of the Authority;
public hospital (公營醫院) means a prescribed hospital the management and control of which have been vested in the Authority under an agreement referred to in section 5(a);
public officer (公務員) means a person employed in the Civil Service of the Government;
Regional Advisory Committee (區域諮詢委員會) means a Regional Advisory Committee established under section 13(2)(a);
staff (職員), in relation to the Authority, includes employees referred to in section 5(a) the management and control of whom have been vested in the Authority under an agreement referred to in that section.
(2) The Chief Executive may, by notice in the Gazette, specify such services— (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) as he thinks fit; and
(b) as are specified in that notice,
to be hospital services.