Hong Kong Ordinances

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Temporary suspension of licence

(1) Where the Council-

   (a)  has reasonable grounds to suspect that there are grounds for revoking
        a licence under section 27; and

   (b)  is of the opinion that the licence should immediately be suspended, it
        may by notice suspend the licence for such period not exceeding 3
        months as may be specified in the notice.

(2) Notice under subsection (1) shall be given to the licensee under the
licence to which the notice relates and the person responsible under the
licence (or, where the person responsible has died or appears to the Council
to be unable because of incapacity to discharge the duty under section 24(1),
to some other person to whom the licence applies) and the Council may, by a
further notice to the licensee and that person, renew or further renew the
notice under subsection (1) for such further period not exceeding 3 months as
may be specified in the renewal notice.

(3) While suspended under this section a licence shall be of no effect except
as specified in any conditions to which the suspension is subject, but
application may be made under section 27(5) by the licensee to designate
another individual as the person responsible.

(4) The Council may at any time revoke a notice under this section.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that-

   (a)  a notice under this section may be subject to such conditions, if any,
        as the Council thinks fit specified in the notice;

   (b)  a notice under this section may be revoked and replaced by another
        notice under this section whether or not any conditions specified in
        the first-mentioned notice have been contravened;

   (c)  a licence the subject of a notice under this section may be revoked
        under section 27 whether or not any conditions specified in the notice
        have been contravened.