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Chapter: | 78
 | Title: | CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 130 of 2007 |
| Section: | 4 | Heading: | Contracts to which the Ordinance applies | 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) Subject to subsection (2), this Ordinance applies to contracts of employment entered into in Hong Kong after the commencement of this Ordinance, by which a person in Hong Kong enters or agrees to enter into the service of another person who is not in Hong Kong and not carrying on a business in Hong Kong where the contract is to be performed, whether wholly or partially, outside Hong Kong. (Amended 48 of 1985 s. 15; 33 of 1992 s. 4)
(2) This Ordinance shall not apply in respect of-
- (a) persons employed for service as members of the crews of ships or aircraft;
(b) (Repealed 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(c) any person or class of persons migrating for employment whose admission to the place of immigration will be granted on a permanent basis. (Amended 48 of 1985 s. 5; 33 of 1992 s. 4; 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(d) any person who does not perform primarily manual work and whose wages exceed an amount set by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare by notice in the Gazette. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(Amended 33 of 1992 s. 4)