AI-assisted research summary: This notice sets the permitted period for certain MPF-related actions: 60 days for a relevant employee who is not casual, 10 days for a casual employee, and 60 days for section 7C. If the last day falls on a Saturday, public holiday, warning day, or certain MPF system suspension days, the period runs to the next day that is not one of those days.
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Specification of Permitted Periods) Notice(Cap. 485, sections 7(3) and 7C(2))(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 3 of 2015) [1 December 2000] L.N. 119 & 120 of 2000(Format changes—E.R. 3 of 2015) 1. Permitted period specified for purposes of section 7 of Ordinance (1) For the purposes of section 7 of the Ordinance, the permitted period is— (1 of 2015 s. 54)(a) 60 days in the case of a relevant employee who is not a casual employee; and(b) 10 days in the case of a casual employee.(2) However, if the period would, but for this subsection, end on a day specified in subsection (3), the period is extended to end on the next following day that is not a day so specified. (1 of 2015 s. 54)(3) The day specified for subsection (2) is—(a) a Saturday;(b) a public holiday;(c) a gale warning day or black rainstorm warning day as defined by section 71(2) of Cap. 1; or(d) subject to subsection (4)—a day on which the electronic MPF system (or any part of it) is suspended under section 19J or 19L(1)(a) or (b) of the Ordinance. (40 of 2021 s. 107)(4) Subsection (3)(d) does not apply to an employer of a relevant employee in relation to a duty of the employer under section 7(1) or (2) of the Ordinance unless the suspension affects the performance of the duty by the employer. (40 of 2021 s. 107)____________________Editorial Note:For transitional provision relating to the amendments made by the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 (1 of 2015), see Part 8 of the Amendment Ordinance. 2. Permitted period specified for purposes of section 7C of Ordinance (1) For the purposes of section 7C of the Ordinance, the permitted period is 60 days. (1 of 2015 s. 55)(2) However, if the period would, but for this subsection, end on a day specified in subsection (3), the period is extended to end on the next following day that is not a day so specified. (1 of 2015 s. 55)(3) The day specified for subsection (2) is—(a) a Saturday;(b) a public holiday;(c) a gale warning day or black rainstorm warning day as defined by section 71(2) of Cap. 1; or(d) subject to subsection (4)—a day on which the electronic MPF system (or any part of it) is suspended under section 19J or 19L(1)(a) or (b) of the Ordinance. (40 of 2021 s. 108)(4) Subsection (3)(d) does not apply to a self-employed person in relation to a duty of the person under section 7C(1)(a) of the Ordinance unless the suspension affects the performance of the duty by the person. (40 of 2021 s. 108)