### Airport Authority Ordinance 《機場管理局條例》

12. Temporary replacement
(1) Where the Chief Executive is satisfied that the Chairman or any other member of the Authority is unable, because of temporary incapacity or some other cause, to act as a member of the Authority, the Chief Executive may appoint another person so to act, during a period specified in the appointment, in place of the member whose inability caused the appointment to be made.
(2) The period specified in an appointment under subsection (1) may be extended by the Chief Executive if he is satisfied that the person whose inability caused the appointment to be made continues to be unable to act as a member of the Authority.
(3) An appointment under this section shall continue in force until the period specified in the appointment or, where appropriate, that period as extended, expires or until the appointment is revoked by the Chief Executive, whichever first occurs.
(4) For so long as an appointment under this section is in force, the person whose incapacity caused it to be made shall not act (whether as a chairman or otherwise) as a member of the Authority.
(Amended 36 of 1999 s. 3)

13. Disclosure of interest etc.
(1) (a) As soon as practicable after appointment to membership or as and when occasion may thereafter require, a member of the Authority (including the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer) shall declare to the Authority in such manner as is for the time being determined by the Authority (whether by standing orders or otherwise) any interest of his which is of a class or description so determined.
(b) The Authority shall establish and maintain a register (the register

14. The public interest
Where at a meeting of the Board a member who is a public officer and is present considers that any matter whatsoever which is to be or is being considered, decided or determined by the Authority, is or could be contrary to, or otherwise raises or puts in issue, or could so raise or put in issue, the public interest as perceived by him, the following shall apply—
(a) he shall state to the meeting his opinion regarding the relation between the public interest (as so perceived) and the matter, and, where appropriate, he shall also state how, in his opinion, an actual or potential conflict with that interest (as so perceived) arises or could arise; and
(b) for the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that unless he has made a declaration or disclosure under section 13 which is relevant to the matter, section 13(2)(b), (c) and (d) shall not apply as regards the matter. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)

15. Staff of Authority, consultants
(1) (a) The Authority may, with the Chief Executive’s prior approval, appoint a person to be the Authority’s chief executive officer (the

### Airport Authority Ordinance 《機場管理局條例》

16. The Land Grant
(1) Any provision contained in the Land Grant which restricts or purports to restrict the assignment, parting with possession, subletting, mortgaging or otherwise charging, or other disposal of land by the Authority shall not be changed except with the prior consent of the Financial Secretary.
(2) The Land Grant (批地文件) means—
(a) an Agreement and Conditions of Grant made by the Director of Lands which specifies an area of land at or in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok which it is thereby agreed will be leased to the Authority;
(b) any contract between such director and the Authority which provides that such an agreement will be made,
and the expression shall be construed as including a reference to the legal estate created by virtue of section 14 of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance (Cap. 219) in the land to which such an agreement relates.

17. Documents of Authority
(1) Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an individual, would not require to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Authority by any person generally or specially authorized by it for that purpose.
(2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Authority shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed.

### Airport Authority Ordinance 《機場管理局條例》

18. Regulations—miscellaneous
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes—
(a) for securing (whether by requiring specified safeguards to be provided or specified steps to be taken or otherwise) the safe or secure operation, or the proper maintenance, of the Airport either generally or in a particular respect;
(b) for prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling access, or otherwise controlling the movement of persons, animals, vehicles, vessels or other things to, at or within any specified part of the Airport Area or any 1 or more specified places in such area or to, at, within or in the vicinity of the Airport Area;
(c) for securing the safety of persons or a specified class or description of persons who are within the Airport Area;
(d) to prohibit or prevent—
(i) hawking;
(ii) the provision or offering of any service specified in the regulations;
(iii) nuisances,
within the Airport Area or within any specified part thereof or in any 1 or more specified places in such area;
(e) to give effect to this Ordinance.
(2) Regulations under this section may—
(a) provide that contravention of specified provisions thereof shall be an offence and prescribe penalties therefor not exceeding level 5 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months;
(b) if the regulations contain provisions relating to hawking, provide that all or any of the provisions of section 86, 86A, 86C or 86D of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) shall, with such modifications as are specified in the regulations, apply to hawking to which the regulations under this section apply;
(c) contain such provisions as the Chief Executive in Council shall consider requisite or expedient to make the regulations effective.
(3) A prosecution for an offence under regulations under this section may be brought in the name of the Authority.
(Amended 36 of 1999 s. 3)

19. Chief Executive may obtain information
(1) The Authority shall supply the Chief Executive with such information relating to any of the Authority’s property or affairs as he may from time to time require.
(2) The powers conferred on the Chief Executive by subsection (1) shall include power to require information to be supplied to him from time to time at such interval as shall be specified in the requirement and in case the Chief Executive so requires the requirement shall remain in force until it is withdrawn.
(Amended 36 of 1999 s. 3)