### Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance 《玩具及兒童產品安全條例》

34. Service of notices
(1) A notice or direction required to be served under this Ordinance shall be properly served if—
(a) in the case of an individual, it is delivered to him or, where it cannot conveniently be so delivered, it is—
(i) left at the address at which he ordinarily resides or carries on business or, if such an address is unknown, at his last known address; or
(ii) sent by post to him at any such address;
(b) in the case of—
(i) a company, it is delivered to an officer of the company or, where it cannot conveniently be so delivered, it is left at, or sent by post to, the company’s registered office;
(ii) a non-Hong Kong company within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), it is left with, or sent by post to, its authorized representative as defined by section 774(1) of that Ordinance; (Amended 30 of 2004 s. 3; 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(c) in the case of a partnership, it is delivered to any partner or, where it cannot conveniently be so delivered, it is left at, or sent by post to, the address at which the partnership carries on business;
(d) in the case of a body corporate other than a company or an unincorporated body of persons other than a partnership, it is delivered to an officer of the body or, where it cannot conveniently be so delivered, it is left at, or sent by post to, the address at which the body carries on business.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), every other body corporate other than a company and every unincorporated body of persons not being a partnership shall be deemed to carry on business at its principal office or place of business.
(3) Where a notice or direction is served—
(a) by sending it by post, it shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been served on the 7th day after the day on which it was sent; or
(b) by leaving it at an address referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i), (b)(i) or (ii), (c) or (d), as the case may be, it shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been served on the 7th day after it was so left.

### Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance 《玩具及兒童產品安全條例》

35. Regulations
(1) The Secretary may by regulation—
(a) impose additional safety standards or requirements for toys, including more stringent standards or requirements in relation to a matter provided for in any one or more of the toy standards; 
(b) impose additional safety standards or requirements for Schedule 2 products, including more stringent standards or requirements in relation to a matter provided for in any one or more of the Schedule 2 product standards;
(c) impose additional safety standards or requirements for other children’s products; 
(d) prohibit the manufacture, importation or supply of toys or children’s products; and 
(e) provide for incidental, consequential and transitional provisions that are necessary or expedient in consequence of the regulation. 
(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may—
(a) make different provisions for different circumstances and provide for a particular case or class of cases; and 
(b) prescribe offences for contravention of the regulations, punishable by a fine, imprisonment or both. 
(3) The maximum fine that may be prescribed for an offence is $500,000 and the maximum imprisonment is 2 years.
(Replaced 18 of 2013 s. 16)

37. Power to amend Schedules
The Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1 or 2.
(Added 5 of 2010 s. 19)

### Employees Retraining Ordinance 《僱員再培訓條例》

1. Short title, application and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Employees Retraining Ordinance.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), this Ordinance shall apply in relation to the financial year commencing on 9 January 1992 and all subsequent financial years, and shall come into operation on the date of publication of this Ordinance in the Gazette*.
(3) Part IV (other than section 16(c)) shall apply in relation to the financial year commencing on 9 January 1992 and all subsequent financial years, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on that date.
Editorial Note:
* Ordinance published in Gazette on 16 October 1992

### Employees Retraining Ordinance 《僱員再培訓條例》

3. Establishment of the Board
(Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(1) There is established a body corporate, to be called the Employees Retraining Board, which shall have such powers and functions as are conferred and imposed on it under this Ordinance.
(2) The Board shall—
(a) consist of—
(i) a Chairman;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman;
(iii) not more than 4 other members not being public officers who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, represent employers;
(iv) not more than 4 other members not being public officers who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, represent employees; and
(v) not more than 4 other members not being public officers who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, include persons who are connected with vocational training and retraining or manpower planning,
who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive for a term not exceeding 3 years; and
(b) consist of not more than 3 other members being public officers each of whom shall be appointed by the Chief Executive and hold office at the discretion of the Chief Executive. (Amended 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(3) The members of the Board appointed under subsection (2) shall be the governing body of the Board and shall, in the name of the Board, exercise and perform the powers and functions conferred and imposed on the Board under this Ordinance.
(4) Schedule 1 shall have effect as respects the Board and the members thereof.
(5) Notice of any appointment made under this section shall be published in the Gazette.

### Employees Retraining Ordinance 《僱員再培訓條例》

4. Functions of the Board
The functions of the Board are—
(a) to hold the Fund upon trust to administer the Fund in accordance with the objects of this Ordinance;
(b) to receive the levy imposed on employers and remitted by the Director;
(c) to consider the provision, administration and availability of retraining courses and supplementary retraining programmes intended or designed for the benefit of eligible employees in adjusting to changes in the employment market by acquiring new or enhanced vocational skills; (Amended 5 of 1997 s. 4)
(d) to identify particular occupations or classes of occupation that have high vacancy rates and in respect of which eligible employees may secure employment or re-employment by attending retraining courses or supplementary retraining programmes as trainees to acquire new or enhanced vocational skills; (Amended 5 of 1997 s. 4)
(e) to liaise with training bodies, other related organizations and Government departments with respect to the design, administration and availability of retraining courses and supplementary retraining programmes;
(f) to determine the requirements to be satisfied by eligible employees for the purposes of applying to attend retraining courses or supplementary retraining programmes and receive retraining allowances, and the amount of retraining allowances to be paid to those eligible employees as trainees; (Amended 5 of 1997 s. 4)
(g) to pay retraining allowances to trainees;
(h) to engage the services of training bodies for the purpose of providing or conducting retraining courses;
(i) to defray the costs of the provision of retraining courses and supplementary retraining programmes;
(j) to perform such other functions as are imposed on the Board under this Ordinance; and
(k) to appoint, by notice in the Gazette, a training provider whose function is to provide training or retraining under a supplementary retraining programme. (Added 102 of 1994 s. 5)
(Amended 102 of 1994 s. 5)