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Chapter: | 505
 | Title: | SOCIAL WORKERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 130 of 2007 |
| Section: | 2 | Heading: | Interpretation | Version Date: | 01/07/2007 |
For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph (12) of that Resolution.
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Board" (註冊局) means the Social Workers Registration Board established under section 4(1);
"Chairperson" (主席) means the Chairperson of the Board elected under section 4(5);
"code of practice" (工作守則) includes-
- (a) a standard;
(b) a specification; and
(c) any other documentary form of practical guidance;
"degree" (學位) and "diploma" (文憑) include any fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letter testimonial, certificate of other status or document granted by any educational institution or government, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
"Deputy Chairperson" (副主席) means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board elected under section 4(5);
"Director" (署長) means the Director of Social Welfare and includes a representative of the Director;
"disciplinary committee" (紀律委員會) means a disciplinary committee appointed under section 27(1);
"disciplinary offence" (違紀行為) means an act or omission set out in section 25(1);
"disciplinary order" (紀律制裁命令) means an order under section 30(1);
"panel" (備選委員小組) means the disciplinary committee panel appointed under section 26(1);
"recognized" (認可), in relation to a degree or diploma in social work, means a degree or diploma, as the case may be, recognized under section 17(1)(a);
"Register" (註冊紀錄冊) means the register established under section 7(1)(a);
"registered" (註冊) means registered under this Ordinance;
"registered social worker" (註冊社會工作者) means a person whose name is currently entered in the Register;
"registered social worker (category 1)" (註冊社會工作者(第1類)) means a registered social worker whose name is entered in part 1 of the Register;
"registered social worker (category 2)" (註冊社會工作者(第2類)) means a registered social worker whose name is entered in part 2 of the Register;
"Registrar" (註冊主任) means the Registrar appointed under section 15(1);
"relevant date" (有關日期) means the date on which the first notice under section 4(4) is published in the Gazette;
"Secretary" (局長) means the Secretary for Labour and Welfare; (Replaced L.N. 106 of 2002. Amended L.N. 130 of 2007)
"social work post" (社會工作職位) means a post of employment in social work where the holder of the post, in order to discharge the duties of the post, requires knowledge and skills that may be obtained by acquiring a recognized degree or diploma in social work;
"specified" (指明), in relation to a form, means specified under section 37.
(2) Any reference to social worker in any other Ordinance shall be construed to mean a registered social worker.
(3) For the purposes of sections 31(2) and 32(1), an appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be deemed to be finally determined when the earliest of the following events occurs, whichever is applicable in the circumstances-
- (a) when the appeal to the Court of Appeal is withdrawn or abandoned;
(b) when the specified period expires without an application for leave to appeal having been made to the Court of Appeal;
(c) if, before the expiry of the specified period, an application for leave to appeal is made to the Court of Appeal-
- (i) when the application is withdrawn or abandoned;
(ii) if the application is refused, when the specified period expires without an application for leave to appeal having been made to the Court of Final Appeal; or
(iii) if the application is granted, when the appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or disposed of; or
- (i) when the application is withdrawn, abandoned or refused; or
(ii) if the application is granted, when the appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or disposed of. (Added 10 of 2005 s. 110)
"application for leave to appeal" (上訴許可申請) means an application made to the Court of Appeal or the Court of Final Appeal under section 24 of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484) for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal;
"specified period" (指明限期)-
- (a) in the case of an application for leave to appeal made to the Court of Appeal, means-
- (i) subject to subparagraph (ii), the period of 28 days within which the notice of motion referred to in section 24(2) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484) is required to be filed; or
(ii) if, on an application made within the 28-day period referred to in subparagraph (i), the Court of Appeal extends that period, the period as so extended; or
- (i) subject to subparagraph (ii), the period of 28 days within which the notice of motion referred to in section 24(4) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484) is required to be filed; or
(ii) if, on an application made within the 28-day period referred to in subparagraph (i), the Court of Final Appeal extends that period, the period as so extended. (Added 10 of 2005 s. 110)