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Specified Cartilla torta. Schedule

of candidates sitting those examinations and the exclusion of candidates for breach of any such rule;

(d) by notice published in the Gazette fix fees, subject to the approval of the Director of Education, to be paid by candidates sitting examinations conducted under paragraph (c)

(c) appoint, on such terms and conditions of service as it thinks fit. such staff, advisers and consultants as the Authority considers necessary,

(A) enter into arrangements with persons, firms or agencies for the

supply of services or facilities;

(g) subject to such scale of charges as is approved by the Director of Education, enter into arrangements with any educational institution for the use of such institution's accommodation, per- sonnel. facilities and services which, in the opinion of the Director of Education, are necessary for conducting examinations under this Ordinance;

(A) make use of personnel, facilities and services of any department of the Government to any extent which, in the opinion of the Chief Secretary, will not impair the proper and efficient discharge by such department of its functions;

(f) hold, wequire or lease all kinds of property, whether movable

or immovable;

(7) sell or otherwise dispose of all kinds of property whether movable

or immovable;

(*) 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 shown in the approved estimates of expenditure of the Authority, borrow of otherwise raise money on such security as may be necessary, and for that purpose, charge all or any of the property of the Authority;

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

by the Authority;

(n) delegate-

(i) to any member of the Authority:

(ii) to any committee of the Authority:

(ii) to any member of the staff of the Authority,

to the extent provided in the resolution of delegation, any of the powers conferred by this subsection, other than paragraphs (a), (b) and (4).

(3) Except with the prior approval of the Financial Secretary, no sum shall be borrowed or otherwise raised under subsection (2K) which itself, or together with all other gums 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 capenditure for the current financial year.

8. (1) The Authority shall, under section 7(1), conduct the examina- tions specified in the first column of the Schedule commencing in the year specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite the appro- priate examination and thereafter.

(2) The Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.

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The resources of the Authority shall consist of- (a) the fees paid by candidates sitting the specified examinations or

examinations conducted under section 72Kek;

(b) such sums as the Authority may borrow under section 702XD;

(c) such subsidies as may be made available from time to time by the Government to assist towards the cost of conducting the specified exuminations;

(d) payments received under section 7(2)(m) for services rendered

by the Authority.

Resouros of the Authority.

10. (1) The Authority may, from time to time, with the prior approval Propane of the Governor, fix a period to be the financial year of the Authority,

(2) In each such financial year, before a date to be appointed by the Governor, the Authority shall submit to the Governor & programme of its proposed activities and estimates of receipts and payments of the Authority for the next financial year:

Provided that the programme and climates for the first financial year of the Authority shall be forwarded as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this Ordinance,

(3) The estimates of receipts submitted under subsection (2) shall include details of the fees which the Authority proposes to charge can didates sitting the specified examinations and a statement of any proposed increase in such fees.

(4) The Governor shall consider the programme, estimates and pro- posed fees submitted to him under subsection (2) and may approve or reject them, and, in the case of rejection, may require the Authority to resubmit the programme or estimates or proposed fees, or all or any of them madified in such manner and within such time as the Governor may direct.

(5) The Authority may from time to Gme vary the estimates of receipts and payments approved under subsection (4), excluding the fees payable in respect of the specified examinations, and shall, as soon as practicable, deliver to the Governor details of any variation.

(6) The Authority shall cause to be published in the Gazette any feca payable in respect of the specified examinations approved under subsection (4) within 28 days of the date upon which it receives police of such approval.

(7) The fees to be paid by candidates sitting that examination known at the commencement of this Ordinance as the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination stall, for the year 1978 only, be fixed by the Director of Education.

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11. [1] The Authority shall keep such accounts of its transactions Actomb and as the Director of Accounting Services may require and shall prepare for the period from the cominencement of this Ordinance to the date fixed by the Authority to be the close of the first financial year of the Authority, and for each financial year of the Authority thereafter. a statement of the accounts of the Authority, which statement shall include a receipts and payments account and balance sheet and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Authority.

(2) The signed statement of the accounts of the Authority shall be submitted by the Chairman to an auditor appointed by the Authority with the prior approval of the Governor not later than 6 months following