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Schedule.

Appleston.

"Authority" means the Clothing Industry Training Authority established

by section 4;

"authorized officer" means an authorized officer under the Imports and

Exports Ordinance;

"chairman" means the chairman of the Authority appointed under section 9; "clothing industry" means the industry of manufacturing and marketing

clothing items;

"clothing item" means any item of apparel which is specified in the

Schedule and manufactured in Hong Kong:

"Director" means the Director of Commerce and Industry and any Deputy

or Assistant Director of Commerce and Industry:

"export" means to take, or cause to be taken, out of Hong Kong any

clothing item;

"exporter" means a person who'exports clothing items;

"F.Q.B. valus" means volue comprising the cost of clothing items to a buyer abroad until the clothing items have been loaded onto the exporting ship, vehicle or aircraft;

“dnuncial year" means the period fixed by the Authority under section

15(2):

"levy" means the clothing industry training levy prescribed under section

22:

! "manufactured", in relation to a clothing item. includes any process

involved in the manufacture of the item;

"member" means a member of the Authority appointed under Bection 7; "surcharge" means the surcharge under section 25(3).

3. This Ordinance shall not apply to or in respect of clothing items which-

(a) are exported by the Hong Kong Government or by or on behalf

of Her Majesty's Armed Forces;

(8) form part of the stores of any ship or aircraft which leaves Hong

Kong and which are for use on board that ship or aircraft;

(c) are worn by, or form part of the personal effects of, a person

leaving Hong Kong:

(d) are contained in a postal packet sent out of Hong Kong if the value of the contents of the packet does not exceed $4,000; (e) consist solely of and are marked clearly as samples of clothing

items and which the Director is satisfied are intended to b distributed free of charge for the purpose of advertising such clothing items;

(f) are valued at less than $500 and consist solely of samples of clothing items and which the Director is satisfied are intended to be used for the purpose of advertising such clothing items!

(g) are exported solely for the purpose of exhibition and which the Director is satisfied are intended to be returned to Hong Kong after the exhibition;

(A) are exported under and in accordance with an A.TA. Carnet;

(0) are gifts of a personal nalure where no payment is or is to be

made by the receiver thereof.

PART II

CLOTHING Industry Training AuthHORITY

Industry

(0) There is hereby established an authority, to be known as the Eshishment Clothing Industry Training Authority, which shall in that name be a body of Clowing corporate with perpetual succession and shall be capable of suing and Think being sued.

(2) The Authority shall have a common seal, the affixing of which shall be authenticated by the signature of any two members.

(3) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Authority shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is provided, be deemed to be a document so executed.

S.

The Authority shall have the following functions-

(2) to provide training courses for the clothing industry;

(b) to establish and maintain industrial training centres therefor:

(c) to assist in the placement of persons completing training courses:

(d) to make recommendations with respect to the rate of levy.

Autorily.

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the Authority.

6. (1) The Authority may do all such things as are necessary for, General power or incidental or conducive to, the better carrying out of the functions of of de

the Authority and may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing-

(a) hold, acquire or lease all kinds of property, whether movable or

immovable;

(6) subject to subsection (2), sell or otherwise dispose of all kinds

of property whether movable or immovable:

(c) enter into, assign or accept the assignment of, and vary or

rescind any contract or obligation;

(d) subject to subsection (3), meet expenditure on any item showo in the approved estimates of expenditure of the Authority, borrow or otherwise raise money on such security as may be necessary, and for that purpose, charge all or any of the property of the Authority;

(e) make charges for the use of any facility or service provided by

the Authority.

(2) The Authority shall not sell or otherwise dispose of land granted al oil premium by the Government except with the prior approval of the Governor.

0) Except with the prior approval of the Financial Secretary, no sum shall be borrowed or otherwise raised under subsection (1)(d) which itself, or together with all other sums previously borrowed or otherwise raised under that subsection and still outstanding, exceeds, or in the aggregate exceeds, 10 per cent of the approved total estimated expenditure for the current financial yeat.

Authority.

T (1) The Authority shall consist of 16 members appointed by the Comes of Governor of whom-

(a) 2 shall be persona nominated by the Federation of Hong Kong

Garment Manufacturers;

(b) 2 shall be persons nominated by the Hong Kong Garment

Manufacturers' Association:

(c) 2 shall be persona nominated by the Clothing Industry Training

Board of the Hong Kong Training Council;

the Authority.