Chapter:	164	Title:	NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	10 of 2005
Section:	2	Heading:	Interpretation	Version Date:	08/07/2005

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 71)
"chairman" (主席) means the chairman of the Council and includes any person elected to act as chairman under section 3(5C); (Amended 5 of 1988 s. 2; 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"certificate of enrolment" (登記證明書) means a certificate issued under section 16; (Added 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"certificate of registration" (註冊證明書) means a certificate issued under section 10; (Added 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"Council" (管理局) means the Nursing Council of Hong Kong established in accordance with section 3; (Added 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"Director" (署長) means the head of the nursing service in the Department of Health; (Amended 5 of 1988 s. 2; L.N. 76 of 1989; 68 of 1990 s. 24)
"enrolled nurse" (登記護士) means a nurse whose name appears in any part of the roll; (Added 38 of 1970 s. 3. Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3)
"legal adviser" (法律顧問) means the legal adviser to the Council; (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"member" (成員) means a member of the Council; (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 2)
"practising certificate" (執業證明書) means a certificate issued under section 10A or 16A, as the case may be; (Added 34 of 1995 s. 25)
"prescribed" (訂明) means prescribed by regulations made pursuant to section 27;
"register" (註冊護士名冊) means the register of nurses maintained in accordance with section 5;
"registered nurse" (註冊護士) means a nurse whose name appears in any part of the register;
"roll" (登記護士名冊) means the roll of enrolled nurses maintained in accordance with section 11; (Added 38 of 1970 s. 3. Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3)
"secretary" (秘書) means the secretary to the Council; (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 2)
(2) For the purposes of sections 17(6) and 21(2), 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(a) when the appeal to the Court of Appeal is withdrawn or abandoned;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(i) when the application is withdrawn or abandoned;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
(d) if, before the expiry of the specified period, an application for leave to appeal is made to the Court of Final Appeal-
(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. 71)

(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
(b) in the case of an application for leave to appeal made to the Court of Final Appeal, means-
(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. 71)