Chapter:	426	Title:	OCCUPATIONAL RETIREMENT SCHEMES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	45	Heading:	Cancellation of registration	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Where-

(a) a notice of a proposed cancellation of the registration of a registered scheme has been given in accordance with section 43(1);
(b) the period during which representations or objections may be made has expired;
(c) not less than 2 months have expired since the date of such notice; and
(d) the Registrar, having considered the representations or objections (if any) made as regards the proposed cancellation, is satisfied that-
(i) a requirement of section 20 is not complied with;
(ii) the requirement of section 21 is not complied with;
(iii) any requirement of section 24 has not been complied with;
(iv) a requirement under section 26(1) is not complied with;
(v) a requirement under section 27(7) is not complied with;
(vi) the requirement of section 28(3) is not complied with;
(via) a notice has been given under section 29(1); (Added 53 of 1995 s. 20)
(vii) a requirement of section 30 is not complied with;
(viii) the requirement of section 31 is not complied with;
(ix) a requirement under section 32(1) is not complied with;
(x) a requirement under section 33 is not complied with;
(xi) the requirement of section 37(1) is not complied with;
(xii) a notice has been given under section 37(2) and no application was made under that section as regards the scheme or that an application made under that section is refused;
(xiii) a notice has been given under section 39(1) and no undertaking was given to the Registrar in accordance with section 39(3);
(xiv) a notice has been given under section 39(2) and no application was made under that section as regards the scheme; or
(xv) the cancellation of the registration of the scheme will be in the interests of the members of the scheme as a whole,

(a) publish a notice in writing in at least one newspaper in the English language and one in the Chinese language circulating daily in Hong Kong; and
(b) give a notice in writing to the relevant employer of the scheme requiring him to-
(i) cause a copy of the notice to be sent to each member of the scheme; or
(ii) display an appropriate notice of the Registrar's notice and make the latter available for inspection by such member.

(a) the decision of the Registrar;
(b) that appeal against the cancellation may be made by the relevant employer of the scheme to the Appeal Board within 2 months after the date of the notice; and
(c) the date on which the cancellation will come into effect.