Cap 359 s 3 Establishment and composition of Council (SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	359	Title:	SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	37 of 2000
Section:	3	Heading:	Establishment and composition of Council	Version Date:	01/07/1997

Remarks:

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 37 of 2000 s. 3

(1) There shall be a Council called the Supplementary Medical Professions Council and consisting of the following members-

(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Chief Executive;

(b) a Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the Chief Executive;

(d) the following persons, whose terms of office shall run for 3 consecutive years, from the respective dates of their appointment-

(i) 1 person appointed by the Chief Executive on the nomination of the University of Hong Kong;

(ii) 1 person appointed by the Chief Executive on the nomination of The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

(iii) 1 person appointed by the Chief Executive on the nomination of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; (Amended 100 of 1994 s. 9)

(iv) 1 person appointed by the Chief Executive from each profession; and

(v) 4 other persons, not being public officers, appointed by the Chief Executive.

(2) Any member appointed under subsection (1)(d) may, upon the expiry of his term of office, be reappointed.
(3) Any member appointed under subsection (1)(d) or reappointed under subsection (2) may before the expiry of his term of office-

(a) resign his office by notice to the Chief Executive; or

(b) be removed from office by the Chief Executive for permanent incapacity or other sufficient cause (as to the existence of which the decision of the Chief Executive shall be final),

and upon such resignation or removal the term for which he was appointed or reappointed shall be deemed to have expired.
(4) There shall be-

(a) a secretary; and

(b) a legal adviser,

to the Council who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive.

(Amended 37 of 2000 s. 3)