### Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance 《非本地高等及專業敎育(規管)條例》

7. The register
(1) The Registrar shall keep a register of exempted courses and registered courses.
(2) The register shall—
(a) be in such form;
(b) be divided into such parts; and
(c) contain such particulars,
as the Registrar thinks fit.
(3) The register may be kept in legible or non-legible form but if kept in non-legible form, it shall be kept in a manner that any entry in the register is capable of being reproduced in legible form.
(4) The register shall be kept at such place as the Registrar may determine and shall be available for inspection by the general public during normal office hours free of charge.
(5) Where a person applies to the Registrar for a copy of an entry in the register certified by the Registrar as correct, such copy shall be issued to the applicant on payment by him of a prescribed fee.
(6) A document purporting to be a copy of an entry in the register and to be certified by the Registrar as a correct copy and to be signed by him shall, unless the contrary is proved, be evidence of the entry and shall be received in evidence without further proof as to the contents of the document and the signature thereon.

### Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance 《非本地高等及專業敎育(規管)條例》

9. Disclosure of certain information by Registrar
The Registrar may send a copy of any certificate or report received by him pursuant to section 8(1)(a) or (b) or any information or document received by him pursuant to section 8(1)(c) or (5) to such persons as he thinks fit and—
(a) shall make such certificate and report; and
(b) may make such information or document,
available for inspection by the general public at the office of the Registrar during normal office hours free of charge.

### Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance 《非本地高等及專業敎育(規管)條例》

11. Appeal against Registrar’s decision
Where the Registrar refuses an application for registration, the applicant may appeal to the Appeal Board against the refusal within 1 month after the date of the notice given under section 10(10).

12. Conditions of registration
(1) The Registrar may, upon the issue of a certificate of registration in respect of a course under section 10(9), impose such conditions in relation to the operation of the course as he thinks fit.
(2) The Registrar may from time to time impose such conditions in relation to the operation of a registered course as he thinks fit.
(3) A condition imposed under subsection (1) or (2) shall be notified in writing to the operator of the relevant course.
(4) Where the Registrar imposes any condition under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a course, the operator of the course may appeal to the Appeal Board against the imposition of such condition within 1 month after the date of the notice given under subsection (3).

### Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance 《非本地高等及專業敎育(規管)條例》

16. Coming into effect of cancellation
(1) A cancellation under section 14 shall not come into effect—
(a) where no appeal is made in relation to it under section 15, until the period during which such an appeal may be made has expired; or
(b) where such an appeal is made, pending determination of the appeal by the Appeal Board or, in case such appeal is withdrawn, before such withdrawal.
(2) Where the Registrar cancels the registration of a registered course, in order to afford an opportunity to enable—
(a) the requirement of or under this Ordinance or the condition imposed under this Ordinance which caused him to cancel the registration to be complied with or fulfilled in relation to the course; or
(b) the operator of the course to make necessary arrangement so that the course becomes an exempted course,
he may defer the coming into effect of the cancellation and, if so, shall give a notice in writing of the deferment of the cancellation to the operator of the course.
(3) The Registrar shall—
(a) publish a notice of the coming into effect of a cancellation under section 14—
(i) in English in at least one newspaper in the English language circulating daily in Hong Kong; and
(ii) in Chinese in at least 2 newspapers in the Chinese language circulating daily in Hong Kong;
(b) (except where the registration is cancelled on the ground referred to in section 14(1)(g)) give a notice in writing of the coming into effect of the cancellation to—
(i) the designated person of the relevant course requiring him to cause a copy of the notice to be sent to each student of the course; and
(ii) the operator of that course.
(4) Where the ground on which the registration is cancelled has ceased to exist at any time before the coming into effect of the cancellation, the Registrar shall by notice in writing to the operator of the relevant registered course withdraw the cancellation.
(5) Where a cancellation under section 14 is withdrawn under subsection (4), the Registrar shall—
(a) publish a notice of the withdrawal in all newspapers in which a notice was published under section 14(2)(b) or (c) in respect of the cancellation of the registration of the course; and
(b) give a notice of the withdrawal in writing to the designated person of the relevant registered course requiring him to cause a copy of the notice to be sent to each student of the course.

### Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance 《非本地高等及專業敎育(規管)條例》

17. Designated person to send notice as required
(1) A designated person of a registered course who fails to comply with a requirement under section 13(2)(a), 14(2)(a) or 16(3)(b) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.
(2) It shall be a defence for a designated person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

18. Periodic fee
(1) The operator of a registered course shall pay to the Registrar in respect of the course a prescribed fee which is a periodic fee as may be appropriate in respect of—
(a) each period of 12 months during which the course continues to be a registered course and beginning on the first or any subsequent anniversary of the date of the certificate of registration issued in respect of the course under section 10(9); and
(b) part of such a period.
(2) A prescribed fee payable under subsection (1) shall be paid to the Registrar not later than 1 month after the first day of the period in respect of which it is payable.
(3) Where a prescribed fee payable under subsection (1) is not paid in accordance with subsection (2), there shall be chargeable upon the unpaid fee a surcharge up to 100% of the amount of such unpaid fee—
(a) the actual amount of which shall be determined by the Registrar; and
(b) which shall be paid together with such unpaid fee to the Registrar not later than 2 months after the first day of the period in respect of which the unpaid fee is payable.