### Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations 《牙科輔助人員(牙齒衞生員)規例》

6. Scope of dental work that may be undertaken by dental hygienists
(1) Subject to this regulation, an enrolled dental hygienist may undertake dental work of the following kinds—
(a) the cleaning and polishing of teeth;
(b) the scaling of teeth (that is to say the removal of tartar deposits, accretions and stains from those parts of the surface of the teeth which are exposed or which are directly beneath the free margins of the gums, including the application of medicaments thereto);
(c) the application to the teeth of solutions of sodium or stannous fluoride or such other similar prophylactic solutions as the Council may from time to time determine;
(d) the exposure of x-ray films inter-orally or extra-orally for the investigation of lesions or suspected lesions of the mouth, jaws, teeth and associated structures; and
(e) the giving of advice on matters relating to dental hygiene.
(2) A dental hygienist shall not undertake any form of dental work unless—
(a) he is enrolled in accordance with regulation 4;
(b) he is employed by a registered dentist or by any organization or establishment that has employed at least one registered dentist; (L.N. 299 of 1999)
(c) any patient upon whom he undertakes dental work has first been examined by a registered dentist who has then prescribed the treatment to be carried out by the dental hygienist; 
(d) such dental work is carried out—
(i) in accordance with the directions of a registered dentist who is available in the premises at all times when such dental work is being carried out; and
(ii) in such premises and under such conditions as are suitable for such work.
(3) An enrolled dental hygienist who undertakes such kinds of dental work as are prescribed in paragraph (1) shall, if he complies at all times with the conditions prescribed in paragraph (2), be deemed not to be practising dentistry for the purposes of the Ordinance.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, registered dentist (註冊牙醫) means a person registered under section 9 of the Ordinance other than a person entitled to registration under section 7(d) of the Registration of Dentists Ordinance 1940 (1 of 1940).

### General Chinese Charities Fund Directions 《華人慈善基金指示》

1. Citation
These directions may be cited as the General Chinese Charities Fund Directions.

2. Interpretation
In these directions, unless the context otherwise requires—
Account (帳戶) means the account “Deposits—General Chinese Charities Fund” established by direction 4; 
Chairman (主席) means the Chairman of the Chinese Temples Committee; 
Committee (委員會) means the Chinese Temples Committee constituted by section 7 of the Ordinance; 
Fund (基金) means the General Chinese Charities Fund as established by the Ordinance;

3. Control and application
The Fund shall be controlled by the Chairman and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Ordinance.

4. Maintenance of Fund
All moneys due to the Fund as provided by the Ordinance and all donations and voluntary contributions thereto shall be paid to the Director of Accounting Services who shall credit them to an account entitled “Deposits—General Chinese Charities Fund”. 
(L.N. 16 of 1977)

5. Investment
Moneys in the Account may, with the authority of the Committee, be invested by the Chairman in any Government securities or in such other securities as the Committee may specify, and interest or dividends received on account of investments shall be credited to the Account.
(33 of 1999 s. 3)

6. Realization of investments
The Chairman may, with the authority of the Committee, realize such part of the Fund’s investments as the Committee may specify.

7. Certification of advances
All vouchers submitted to the Director of Accounting Services in respect of payments to be made out of the Fund shall be certified by the Chairman or his duly authorized delegate. 
(L.N. 126 of 1965; L.N. 16 of 1977)

8. Write off
The Chairman may, with the authority of the Committee, write off any asset or debt due to the Fund which he considers irrecoverable.

### General Chinese Charities Fund Directions 《華人慈善基金指示》

9. Annual accounts
(1) The Chairman shall cause proper accounts to be kept of all transactions of the Fund and shall cause to be prepared for every period of 12 months ending on 31 March in each year a statement of the accounts of the Fund, which statement shall include an income and expenditure account and balance sheet and shall be signed by the Chairman. 
(2) The accounts of the Fund and the signed statement of the accounts shall be audited by an auditor appointed by the Chief Executive, and the auditor shall certify the statement subject to such report, if any, as he may think fit. 
(3) A copy of the signed and audited statement of accounts together with the auditor’s report, if any, shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council not later than 30 September next following the end of such period or so soon thereafter as the Chief Executive, in his absolute discretion, may allow. 
(L.N. 126 of 1965; 33 of 1999 s. 3) 

### Chinese Temples Ordinance 《華人廟宇條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Temples Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Chinese temple (華人廟宇) includes—
(a) all Miu (廟, temples), Tsz (寺, Buddhist monasteries), Kun and To Yuen (觀及道院, Taoist monasteries) and Om (庵, nunneries); and 
(b) every place where—
(i) in accordance with the religious principles governing Miu, Tsz, Kun, To Yuen or Om, worship of gods or communication with spirits or fortune-telling is practised or is intended to be practised; and where 
(ii) fees, payments or rewards of any kind whatsoever are charged to or are accepted from any member of the public for the purpose of worship or communication with spirits or fortune-telling or any similar purpose, or in return for joss candles or incense sticks, or on any other account whatsoever.

3. Regulations
(1) The Chinese Temples Committee referred to in section 7 may, subject to the approval of the Chief Executive in Council, by regulation provide for— (Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) the registration, management, control and inspection of Chinese temples; 
(b) the management, control and audit of the funds of Chinese temples; 
(c) the duties of sz chuk (司祝, temple keepers); 
(d) contravention of such regulations which shall be offences and prescribing penalties therefor: Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as obliging the Chinese Temples Committee to make any regulation before exercising any other power conferred on the committee by this Ordinance. 
(Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)