### Construction Industry Council Ordinance 《建造業議會條例》

18. Staff benefits, etc.
(1) The Council may grant, or make provision for the grant of, retirement benefits, gratuities, bonuses or other benefits to or in respect of its employees, any class of its employees or their dependants.
(2) The Council may make payments, whether ex gratia or legally due, to the personal representative of a deceased employee or to a dependant of such an employee.
(3) The Council may establish, manage and control, or enter into an arrangement with any company or association for the establishment, management and control by the company or association (either alone or jointly with the Council) of any fund or scheme for the purposes of providing for the retirement benefits, gratuities, bonuses or other benefits or the payments referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
(4) The Council may require its employees, or any class of its employees, to make contributions to any fund or scheme referred to in subsection (3).
(5) In subsections (1) and (2), employee (僱員) includes a former employee of the Council.
(6) The powers conferred on the Council under this section are without derogation from the obligations and duties imposed under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 485) on an employer.

19. Protection of members of Council, etc.
(1) A person to whom this section applies, acting in good faith, is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by that person in the performance or purported performance of any function conferred or imposed on the Council by or under this Ordinance or the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 583). 
(2) The protection conferred on a person by subsection (1) in respect of an act or omission does not in any way affect any liability of the Council for that act or omission.
(3) This section applies to—
(a) any member of the Council;
(b) any member of a committee established under section 15;
(c) any member of the Training Board or the Objections Board; 
(d) any member of a subcommittee appointed under section 16(6);
(e) any member of a subcommittee appointed under section 54(3);
(f) any member of a subcommittee appointed under section 11 of Schedule 4; and
(g) any employee of the Council.
(Amended 17 of 2012 s. 51)

20. Provision of funds by CITA
(1) If Parts 5 and 9 come into operation on a date after the day of commencement of this Part, the Secretary may, before the coming into operation of those 2 Parts, request the CITA to provide such funds as are necessary to meet expenses reasonably incurred by the Council.
(2) The CITA shall comply with any such request.

### Construction Industry Council Ordinance 《建造業議會條例》

21. Funds and property of Council
The funds and property of the Council consist of—
(a) all moneys received or recovered by way of levy, surcharge, penalty and further penalty; (Amended 22 of 2014 s. 50)
(b) all moneys received by the Council by way of grants, loans, donations, fees, rent or interest;
(c) all moneys derived from the sale of any property held by or on behalf of the Council;
(d) all funds provided by the CITA under section 20; and
(e) all other moneys and property lawfully received by the Council for its purposes.

22. Estimates and financial year
(1) The Council may, with the approval of the Secretary, fix from time to time a period to be the financial year of the Council.
(2) In every financial year, the Council shall submit to the Secretary, before a date determined by him, a programme of its proposed activities and estimates of its income and expenditure for the next financial year.
(3) The Council shall submit the programme and estimates for the first financial year as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section.

23. Bank account
The Council shall—
(a) maintain an account with a bank approved by the Director of Accounting Services; and
(b) pay all moneys received by it into the account.

24. Investment of funds
Any funds of the Council that are not immediately required by the Council for the performance of its functions may be— (Amended 17 of 2012 s. 52)
(a) deposited on fixed term or call deposit or in a savings account in any bank nominated by the Financial Secretary either generally or in any particular case, for that purpose; or (Replaced 17 of 2012 s. 52)
(b) subject to the prior approval of the Financial Secretary, invested in any investments the Council thinks fit. (Replaced 17 of 2012 s. 52)

25. Accounts
(1) The Council shall maintain proper accounts and records of all its income and expenditure.
(2) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after the end of a financial year, cause to be prepared a statement of accounts of the Council in respect of the financial year.
(3) The statement of accounts is to include an income and expenditure account and a balance sheet.

### Construction Industry Council Ordinance 《建造業議會條例》

26. Auditors
(1) The Council shall appoint an auditor for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) The auditor appointed under subsection (1) shall—
(a) audit the statement of accounts referred to in section 25(2); and
(b) submit a report on the statement of accounts to the Council.
(3) The auditor is entitled to—
(a) have access to all books of account, vouchers and other financial records of the Council; and
(b) require such information and explanations of those books, vouchers and records as he thinks fit.

27. Submission of reports, etc. to Secretary
(1) Within 6 months after the end of a financial year, the Council shall, in respect of the financial year, submit to the Secretary—
(a) a report on the activities of the Council during the financial year, including a general survey of the developments during that year in respect of matters falling within the scope of the Council’s functions;
(b) a copy of the statement of accounts referred to in section 25(2); and
(c) the auditor’s report referred to in section 26(2)(b).
(2) The Secretary shall cause the documents received under subsection (1) to be laid on the table of the Legislative Council.
(3) The Secretary may in a particular case extend the period for submitting the documents under subsection (1).

28. Exemption from taxation
The Council is exempt from taxation under the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112).

29. Establishment of Construction Industry Training Board
(1) The Council is to establish a board to perform the Council’s supplementary functions under section 6 and any function delegated to the board under section 16(1). (Replaced 17 of 2012 s. 53)
(2) The board established under subsection (1) is to be known in the English language as the “Construction Industry Training Board” and in the Chinese language as “建造業訓練委員會”.
(3) The Training Board may do all such things as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the performance of those functions.
(Amended 17 of 2012 s. 53)

30. Composition, meetings and proceedings of Training Board, etc.
(Amended 17 of 2012 s. 54)Schedule 4 has effect with respect to the Training Board.
(Amended 17 of 2012 s. 54)

31. Interpretation of this Part
In this Part—
notice of completion (竣工通知) means a notice given under section 36;
notice of payment (付款通知) means a notice given under section 35.