### Human Organ Transplant Ordinance 《人體器官移植條例》

7E. Register of exemptions
(1) The Director shall maintain a register in a form determined by him containing details of the exemptions granted, revoked, varied or suspended under this Part.
(2) The Director shall make the register available for inspection by the public, free of charge, during ordinary business hours at his office.

7F. Right of appeal to Appeal Board against Director’s decision on application for exemption
A person aggrieved by a decision of the Director under section 7C or 7D may appeal to the Appeal Board by giving a notice of appeal in such manner and within such period as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2012)

7G. Constitution of Appeal Board
(1) There is established an Appeal Board for the purpose of hearing and determining an appeal under section 7F.
(2) The Appeal Board is to be constituted according to this section.
(3) Where a notice of appeal is given under section 7F, the Secretary shall appoint 3 members from the Appeal Board Panel constituted according to section 7I, one from each group of members described in section 7I(2)(a), (b) and (c), to serve as members on the Appeal Board for the purpose of hearing and determining the appeal to which the notice relates.
(4) The Secretary shall appoint one of those 3 members to be the Chairman of the Appeal Board in the hearing of that appeal.
(5) The Secretary shall ensure that no person having a financial or other personal interest in the matter involved in an appeal is to serve as a member on the Appeal Board for hearing and determining that appeal.

7H. Determination of appeals
(1) In determining an appeal, the Appeal Board may either—
(a) dismiss the appeal; or
(b) remit to the Director the matter under appeal for his reconsideration.
(2) The Director shall reconsider the matter remitted under subsection (1)(b) and make a decision having regard to any reasons given by the Appeal Board for the determination.
(3) A decision under subsection (2) is regarded as a new decision under section 7C or 7D (as the case may be) and is subject to appeal to the Appeal Board.

7I. Constitution of Appeal Board Panel
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Secretary shall appoint an Appeal Board Panel (the Panel

### Human Organ Transplant Ordinance 《人體器官移植條例》

7J. Power of Secretary to make regulations
The Secretary may by regulation provide for—
(a) the procedures to be followed in making an appeal under this Part, including matters and information to be set out in or to accompany the notice of appeal;
(b) the hearing and determination of such appeal;
(c) the practice and procedure of the Appeal Board;
(d) any matter that by this Part is required or permitted to be prescribed by the Secretary; and
(e) any matter ancillary or incidental to those specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

8. Limitation of time for proceedings in respect of offences
In respect of an offence under this Ordinance, a complaint may be made or an information laid within 3 years from the time when the matter of such complaint or information respectively arose.

9. Protection of members and officers of the board against personal liability
(1) No person to whom this subsection applies, acting in good faith, shall be personally liable for any civil liability or any claim in respect of any act done or default made in the performance or purported performance of any function under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection given to a person by subsection (1) in respect of an act or default does not affect any liability of the board for that act or default.
(3) The persons to whom subsection (1) applies are—
(a) any substantive member of the board;
(b) any member of the panel while acting as a substitute in the board under section 3A(5);
(c) the secretary of the board; and
(d) any public officer assisting the board in the performance or purported performance of any function under this Ordinance.
(Added 29 of 2004 s. 12)

10. Amendment of Schedule
(1) The Secretary may, after consultation with the board, amend the Schedule by notice published in the Gazette.
(2) An amendment under subsection (1) is subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(Added 29 of 2004 s. 12)

### Timber Stores Ordinance 《木料倉條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 6 of 2021)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Timber Stores Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 6 of 2021)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Director (處長) means the Director of Fire Services;
licence (牌、牌照) means a licence granted under section 4, or renewed under section 7 to operate a timber store;
licensee (持牌人) means a person to whom a licence has been granted or transferred or whose licence has been renewed;
place (地方) includes any premises, yard or place on land;
timber store (木料倉) means any place used for the storage of timber other than—
(a) a place used for the storage of timber in bulk with an average sectional area of not less than 0.05 m2; or
(b) a place used for the storage of any timber in a quantity in the aggregate of less than 12 m3; or
(c) a place used for the storage of any timber being a construction site within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (Cap. 59 sub. leg. I). (Amended E.R. 6 of 2021)

3. Prohibition on operating timber store without a licence
(1) Any person who on any occasion operates, keeps, manages or otherwise has control of a timber store in regard to the operation of which a licence is not in force commits an offence.
(2) Where an offence under subsection (1) is alleged to have been committed, proof that a defendant did any act in connection with the operation, keeping, management or other control of a timber store is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the defendant operated, kept, managed or otherwise had control of a timber store.
(3) It shall not be a defence that a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) did not know that the operation of the timber store which is the subject of the offence was not licensed.
(4) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.