### Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance 《人類生殖科技條例》

29. Temporary suspension of licence
(1) Where the Council—
(a) has reasonable grounds to suspect that there are grounds for revoking a licence under section 27; and
(b) is of the opinion that the licence should immediately be suspended,
it may by notice suspend the licence for such period not exceeding 3 months as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Notice under subsection (1) shall be given to the licensee under the licence to which the notice relates and the person responsible under the licence (or, where the person responsible has died or appears to the Council to be unable because of incapacity to discharge the duty under section 24(1), to some other person to whom the licence applies) and the Council may, by a further notice to the licensee and that person, renew or further renew the notice under subsection (1) for such further period not exceeding 3 months as may be specified in the renewal notice.
(3) While suspended under this section a licence shall be of no effect except as specified in any conditions to which the suspension is subject, but application may be made under section 27(5) by the licensee to designate another individual as the person responsible.
(4) The Council may at any time revoke a notice under this section.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that—
(a) a notice under this section may be subject to such conditions, if any, as the Council thinks fit specified in the notice;
(b) a notice under this section may be revoked and replaced by another notice under this section whether or not any conditions specified in the first-mentioned notice have been contravened;
(c) a licence the subject of a notice under this section may be revoked under section 27 whether or not any conditions specified in the notice have been contravened.

30. Display of licence
The person responsible under a licence shall cause the licence or an exact copy thereof to be exhibited at all times in a conspicuous position in the premises to which the licence relates.

31. Lost, etc. licences
Where a licence has been lost, defaced or destroyed, the Council may issue to the holder thereof another licence in like terms, and any such licence so issued shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been granted under section 23(1)(a).

### Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance 《人類生殖科技條例》

32. Voluntary surrender of licence
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 27(4) but subject to this section, a licensee may surrender his licence by lodging it at the office of the Council.
(2) The surrender of a licence under subsection (1) shall not have effect until the licensee is served with a notice by the Council stating that the Council accepts the surrender of the licence subject to such conditions, if any, as the Council thinks fit specified in the notice.
(3) The Council may refuse to accept the surrender of a licence under subsection (1) where the licensee has been served a notice under section 28(2) in relation to the revocation of the licence, or the Council has reasonable grounds to suspect that there are grounds for revoking the licence under section 27, unless and until the Council—
(a) revokes the licence; or
(b) gives notice to the licensee that it will not revoke the licence.
(4) Immediately upon the surrender of a licence under subsection (1) having effect in accordance with subsection (2), the licensee shall cease to be licensed but shall remain liable for—
(a) any act or omission done, caused, permitted or made by him prior to the surrender; and
(b) any liability incurred by him under this Ordinance prior to the surrender.

### Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance 《人類生殖科技條例》

33. Register A
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 45(1)(a), the Council shall keep and maintain a register which shall contain any information obtained by the Council which falls within subsection (2).
(2) Information falls within this subsection if—
(a) it relates to the provision of a reproductive technology procedure where a child born or intended to be born in consequence of the procedure would not be created from the gametes solely of the parties to a marriage who it is proposed will be the parents of the child; and
(b) the child, any of the parties to the marriage, or any individual whose gametes have been used, or any combination thereof, can be identified from the information.
(3) An adult may by notice given to the Council require the Council to comply with a request under subsection (4), and the Council shall do so if—
(a) the information contained in Register A shows that the adult was, or may have been, born in consequence of a reproductive technology procedure which falls within subsection (2); and
(b) the adult has been given a suitable opportunity to receive proper counselling about the implications of compliance with the request.
(4) The adult may request the Council to give him notice stating whether or not the information contained in Register A shows that a person other than a parent of the adult would or might, but for sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429), be a parent of the adult and, if it does show that—
*(a) giving the adult so much of that information as relates to the person concerned as the Council is required by regulations made under section 45(1)(d) to give (but no other information); or
(b) stating whether or not that information shows that, but for those sections, the adult, and a person specified in the request as a person whom the adult proposes to marry, would or might be related.
(5) Regulations made under section 45(1)(d) shall not require the Council to give any information as to the identity of a person whose gametes have been used or from whom an embryo has been taken if a person to whom a licence applied was provided with the information at a time when the Council could not have been required to give information of the kind in question.
(6) No information contained in Register A shall be removed therefrom at any time before the expiration of 80 years from the date on which the information was first entered in Register A.
(7) In this section, adult (成年人) means a person who has attained the age of 16 years.

Editorial Note:
* Not yet in operation.