### Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance 《香港終審法院條例》

49. Transitional
(1) Any appeal in respect of which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council or the Court of Appeal has granted conditional, final or special leave to appeal to that Committee and the appeal has not been finally disposed of on or before 30 June 1997 shall proceed in the Court, and the Court may give such directions as to the continuation of the prosecution of the appeal as it thinks fit and shall have full power to determine by whom and the extent to which costs in relation thereto are to be paid. (Amended 120 of 1997 s. 19)
(2) A reference to a final or interlocutory judgment of the Court of Appeal under section 22(1), and to a final decision of the Court of Appeal or the Court of First Instance under section 31, includes a reference to similar judgments and decisions of the Court of Appeal and the High Court made before 1 July 1997. (Added 120 of 1997 s. 19)
(3) A reference in sections 23, 28, 32(2), 33(1) and 35 to the Court of Appeal or the Court of First Instance includes a reference to the Court of Appeal and to the High Court as they existed before 1 July 1997 for appeals that arise out of the extension made in subsection (2). (Added 120 of 1997 s. 19)

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

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Airport Authority Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)

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

5. Purposes of Authority
(1) (a) The Authority shall, in accordance with this Ordinance and also in accordance with the objective of maintaining Hong Kong’s status as a centre of international and regional aviation, provide, operate (in accordance with any law in that regard which is for the time being in force), develop and maintain, at and in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok, an airport for civil aviation.
(b) The Authority may provide, at, as regards or in relation to the Airport (or any part thereof), such facilities, amenities or services as are, in its opinion, requisite or expedient.
(2) In addition to performing the functions assigned by subsection (1), the Authority may engage in or carry on any airport-related activity in trade, commerce or industry at or from any 1 or more places in the Leased Area.
(3) (a) In addition to the activities which it may engage in or carry on under subsection (2), the Authority may also engage in or carry on such airport-related activities as the Chief Executive may, after consultation with the Authority, permit or assign to it by order published in the Gazette. (Amended 36 of 1999 s. 3) 
(b) An order under this subsection may—
(i) provide that all or any 1 or more of the activities specified in the order may be engaged in or carried on by the Authority either at or from any place whatever or at or from any place specified in the order;
(ii) contain conditions restricting or otherwise regulating, or otherwise relating to, an activity to which the order relates.

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

6. Commercial principles; operational objectives
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance, the Authority shall conduct its business according to prudent commercial principles and shall, as far as practicable, ensure that, taking one year with another, its revenue is at least sufficient to meet its expenditure.
(2) The Authority shall, in conducting its business or in otherwise performing its functions, have regard to safety, security, economy and operational efficiency and the safe and efficient movement of aircraft, air passengers and air cargo.

7. General powers etc. of Authority
(1) The Authority shall have power to do anything which is requisite or expedient for, or is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any of its functions and which is not inconsistent with any other provision of this Ordinance or any subsidiary legislation thereunder which is for the time being in force.
(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may—
(a) acquire, hold and dispose of all kinds of property including land;
(b) grant leases of land;
(c) make a contract or other agreement (including a contract of indemnity and an agreement whereby the Authority guarantees the performance or discharge by another person or persons of an obligation or other liability, whether actual or potential, of that person or those persons);
(d) charge or otherwise encumber all or any part of its land or other property;
(e) either solely or jointly with another person or persons improve, develop or alter any land held by it;
(f) either solely or jointly with another person or persons engage in or carry on any airport-related activity;
(g) employ an agent or contractor;
(h) either solely or jointly with another person or persons carry out or execute works;
(i) subject to section 34 where applicable, determine the amount of charges and fees.
(3) The Authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that a subsidiary does not engage in or carry on any activity which the Authority might not itself lawfully engage in or carry on.

8. Limitation etc.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as enabling the Authority to—
(a) establish or operate either a meteorological service or an air traffic control service; or
(b) make any air service agreement or air service arrangement with the government of any country or territory outside Hong Kong, with a department or branch of any such government, with any government agency or undertaking in such a country or territory or with any other person.

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

10. Authority may establish committees
(1) Apart from the Audit Committee, the Authority may establish standing or other committees and, in addition to the powers conferred on it by section 9, may refer or assign any matter for consideration or inquiry by the committee.
(2) (a) A committee shall consist of such number of members as the Authority shall determine.
(b) Each of the members of a committee shall be appointed by the Authority.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d), the Authority may appoint a member of the Authority or a person who is not such a member to be a member of a committee.
(d) Where a committee is established, the Authority shall appoint a member of the Authority to be that committee’s chairman.
(e) The term of office of a member of a committee (including its chairman) shall be fixed by the Authority at the time of his appointment.
(3) Any reference or assignment under subsection (1) and every appointment under subsection (2) may be withdrawn or revoked by the Authority, and no such reference or assignment shall prevent or restrict the concurrent performance by the Authority of any of its functions.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a committee may regulate its own procedure and business.
(5) Where a function is delegated for the time being under section 9 to a committee, the function shall be performed by the committee if, and only if, at the relevant time the person presiding at the committee’s meeting is a member of the Authority.