Hong Kong Ordinances

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE - SECT 37

Power of authorized persons to enter premises to which licence relates

PART VI

ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES

(1) An authorized person may at any reasonable time enter and inspect any
premises to which a licence relates and therein-

   (a)  take possession of anything which he has reasonable grounds to believe
        may be required for the purpose of-

        (i)    any function of the Council relating to the grant, variation,
               suspension or revocation of licences; or

        (ii)   being used in evidence in any proceedings for an offence
               against this Ordinance, and retain it for so long as it may be
               required for that purpose; and

   (b)  for that purpose, take such steps as appear to be necessary for
        preserving any such thing or preventing interference with it,
        including requiring any person having the power to do so to give such
        assistance as may reasonably be required.

(2) In subsection (1)-

   (a)  the references to things include information recorded in any form; and

   (b)  the reference to taking possession of anything includes, in the case
        of information recorded otherwise than in legible form, requiring any
        person having the power to do so to produce a copy of the information
        in legible form and taking possession of the copy.

(3) Nothing in this Ordinance makes it unlawful for an authorized  person to
keep any embryo or gametes pursuant to that person's functions as such.

(4) An authorized person shall not exercise his power under subsection (1) in
respect of any premises in such a way as to unduly disrupt any activities
being lawfully carried on in the premises, whether by the licensee under the
licence which relates to the premises or any other person.

(5) Where an authorized person exercises his power under subsection

(1), the licensee under the licence concerned shall, without charge, afford
the authorized person such facilities or assistance as the authorized person
may reasonably require for the purposes of the inspection concerned.