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Chapter: | 478
 | Title: | MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 130 of 2007 |
| Section: | 6 | Heading: | Establishment of Seafarers' Advisory Board | 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) For the purposes of this Ordinance, there is hereby established a board to be known as the Seafarers' Advisory Board.
(2) The function of the Advisory Board is to advise the Authority on all matters with respect to which it is consulted by the Authority relevant to this Ordinance.
(3) The Advisory Board shall consist of-
- (a) the Authority, who shall be the chairman;
(b) the Commissioner for Labour, the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, an Assistant Commissioner for Labour or the Chief Labour Officer;
(c) the Superintendent; and
(d) not more than 6 other members representative of seafarers' and employers' organizations.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), any person appointed under subsection (4) to be a member of the Advisory Board shall hold office for 3 years or for such lesser period as the Secretary for Transport and Housing specifies in his appointment. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(6) Any person appointed under subsection (4) to be a member of the Advisory Board may at any time resign his appointment by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Housing. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(7) The quorum at any meeting of the Advisory Board shall be the chairman and not less than half of its total membership at any one time except that any quorum shall have-
- (a) not less than 1 member representative of seafarers' organizations;
(b) not less than 1 member representative of employers' organizations; and
(c) the same number of members representative of seafarers' organizations as the number of members representative of employers' organizations.
(9) The Advisory Board may, for the purpose of assisting it to advise the Authority in respect of any matter with respect to which it is consulted by the Authority, appoint a committee to investigate any such matter in accordance with any terms of reference specified by the Advisory Board and to report back to the Advisory Board its findings at the conclusion of that investigation.
(10) The number of members of a committee of the Advisory Board and their term of office shall be fixed by the Advisory Board and such members may include persons who are not members of the Advisory Board.
(11) Subject to any directions given by the Advisory Board, the quorum, proceedings and place of meeting of a committee of the Advisory Board shall be as the committee thinks fit.
(Enacted 1995)