### Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance 《商船(本地船隻)條例》

88. Regulations relating to fees
(1) The Financial Secretary may by regulation prescribe or provide for—
(a) fees to be paid in respect of the grant of certificates, clearances, licences, permits and other documents, or the performance of services or surveys or grant of facilities under or in connection with this Ordinance; and (Amended 24 of 2005 s. 16)
(b) fees to be paid whenever by or under this Ordinance the official signature of the Director to any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption, or to any alteration, transfer or renewal thereof, addition thereto or endorsement thereon, is requested or required, or wherever a search of any register kept under this Ordinance is granted.
(2) Any fees prescribed under this section may be fixed at levels which provide for the recovery of expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred by the Government or other authority in relation generally to the administration, regulation and control of the matters to which this Ordinance relates, and shall not be limited by reference to the amount of administrative or other costs incurred or likely to be incurred in the provision of any particular service, facility or matter.

### Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance 《商船(本地船隻)條例》

90. Saving, etc. of certain regulations
It is hereby declared that—
(a) the collision regulations; and
(b) the use of signals of distress regulations,
shall, except in so far as they are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder—
(i) each continue in operation for the purposes of this Ordinance until such time as they are replaced by regulations made under section 89 which are expressed to be in substitution of those regulations; and
(ii) each be deemed for all purposes to have been made under section 89 and to be liable to amendment thereby or thereunder.

90A. Saving of notices made under the pre-amended regulation 41(2)(f) of the Shipping and Port Control Regulations
(1) A notice—
(a) made under the pre-amended regulation 41(2)(f) of the Shipping and Port Control Regulations (Cap. 313 sub. leg. A); and
(b) in force immediately before the commencement* of section 48 of the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels and Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2005 (24 of 2005) in respect of a place,
shall be treated as a notice prohibiting any vessel from anchoring or lying at that place posted under any regulation made in relation to the prohibition under section 89.
(2) In this section, a reference to the pre-amended regulation 41(2)(f) of the Shipping and Port Control Regulations (Cap. 313 sub. leg. A) shall be construed as a reference to that section in force immediately before the commencement of section 48 of the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels and Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2005 (24 of 2005).
(Added 24 of 2005 s. 18)Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 2 January 2007.

### District Councils Ordinance 《區議會條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2019)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the District Councils Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)

### District Councils Ordinance 《區議會條例》

3. Declaration of Districts
(1) Each area named in column 2 of Part II of Schedule 1 and delineated on the map specified opposite to it in column 3 of that Part is declared to be a District for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) The number specified in Part I of Schedule 1 is the number of Districts to be declared for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(3) The Designated Officer must ensure that at least one copy of each map that defines the area of a District is kept at that Officer’s office and is made available for inspection by members of the public during ordinary business hours of that office.
(4) No charge is payable by a member of the public who wishes to inspect a copy of the map.
(5) A map certified by the Designated Officer as a true copy of a map that defines the area of a District is conclusive evidence of the area of the District.

4. Establishment of District Councils
There is established for a District specified in column 2 of Schedule 2, the body known as a District Council having the name specified opposite to it in column 3 of that Schedule, with effect from the date specified in relation to it in column 4 of that Schedule.

4A. Functions of District Councils
The functions of a District Council of a District are—
(a) to be consulted by the Government on the district affairs affecting the livelihood and living environment in the District and well-being of the people in the District;
(b) to collect the views of the people in the District in respect of an issue specified by the Chairman of the District Council, and to submit to the Government a summary of the views collected and the suggested corresponding measures;
(c) to establish a regular communication mechanism with the people in the District, to meet with them and listen to their views regularly;
(d) to support, and assist in, the promotion of laws and Government policies in the District, and assist the Government in carrying out various consultation, publicity and liaison activities, such as district forum;
(e) to assist in the smooth delivery of cultural, recreational, environmental sanitary and other services relating to the interests of the people in the District under the coordination of the Government;
(f) to apply for funding for projects and activities relating to the functions of District Councils such as—
(i) projects and activities for the purpose of promotion of sports, arts and culture;
(ii) local events and celebration events; and
(iii) greening and volunteer work;
(g) to provide services for people in the District, such as consultation and case referral services;
(h) to cooperate with other consultation and service organizations in the District under the coordination of the Government to achieve the best results in serving the people in the District; and
(i) to undertake any other matters as commissioned by the Government from time to time.
(Added 19 of 2023 s. 6)