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(ii) which, if it had been disclosed to the Director before the licence was granted might have caused the Director to withbold the grant of the licence:

(d) in the event of a contravention of these regulations or of

the conditions of the licence---

(i) by the licensee; or

(ii) for the occurrence of which the licensee was, in the opinion of the Director, either wholly or partly responsible:

(e) in the event of the failure of the licensee to comply with any direction or requirement of the Director or an inspector under these regulations;

() if the licensee or, where the licensee is a corporation or firm, any director of the corporation or partner of the firm is convicted of→

(i) an offence triable on indictment which in the opinion of the Director renders the licensee unfit and not

a proper person to continue to hold a licence:

(ii) an offence under these regulations; or

(ii) an offence under any other enactment in relation to the slaughter of poultry, or the processing, handling or storage of carcasses or poultry products.

(2) The Director shall not revoke a licence under paragraph (1) unless-

(a) he has first called upon the licensee to show cause within such reasonable period of time as the Director may allow, as to why the licence should not be revoked; and

(b) the licensee either fails within the time allowed to show cause or shows cause which, in the opinion of the Director. is inadequate.

(3) Upon the revocation of a licence under this regulation. the Director shall immediately cause to be served upon the licensee, either personally or by registered post, a notice in writing specify- ing the general grounds for the revocation.

(4) Failure to comply with paragraph (3) shall not affect the validity of the revocation of the licence.

Surrender of licences.

8.

by-

(a)

(1) A licensée may surrender any licence granted to him

giving notice to the Director in writing of the proposed surrender; and

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(b) delivering to the Director the licence which is to be

surrendered.

(2) A notice referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) may specify the date when the surrender of the licence is to take effect.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the surrender of a licence shall take effect either-

(a) upon the date specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than the date of receipt of the notice by the Director: or

(b) if no such date is so specified, then upon receipt of the

notice by the Director.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the surrender of a licence shall not take effect until after the licensee has delivered the licence to the Director.

9. Upon the revocation or surrender of a licence the Director shall promptly notify the appropriate authority in each of the countries specified in the First Schedule-

(a) of such revocation or surrender;

(b) in case of revocation of a licence, of the reason for the

revocation and the date thereof;

(c) in case of surrender of a licence, of the date when the

surrender took effect.

10. (1) A licensee intending to leave Hong Kong shall-

before so leaving inform the Director in writing-

(u)

() of the date when he intends to leave; and (ii) as to whether or not he intends to return to Hong Kong: and

(b) if he intends to return to Hong Kong and if so required by the Director, appoint a deputy willing to act on his behalf, who has authority to act on behalf of the licensee in respect of all matters relating to the poultry export factory of the licensee for so long as the licenste is absent from Hong Kong.

(2) Without prejudice to regulation 7, if a licensee—

(a) leaves Hong Kong without first complying with sub-

paragraph (a) of paragraph (1):

(b) fails to appoint a deputy under sub-paragraph (b) of

paragraph (1) when so required by the Director,

Director to notify appropriate authorities of The revocation

or surrender of licence to use premises as a poultry export factory.

Firm Schedule...

Licenses Leaving Hong. Kong to notify Director.