Information and Documents that Must be Submitted for Applications for Licences
Applicable to Property Management Company Licence
Property Management Services (Licensing and Related Matters) Regulation prescribes the information and documents that must be submitted for an application for a PMC licence, as follows:
Prescribed information
- information on the identity of the applicant;
- information on the identity of the applicant's directors, if applicable;
- information on the identity of the applicant's partners, if applicable;
- information of the identity of the licensed PMPs engaged by the applicant;
- contact information of the applicant;
- information on whether the applicant is a suitable person to hold the licence;
- information on whether the applicant’s directors are suitable persons to be associated with the applicant’s business of providing property management services, if applicable;
- the address, type and number of flats of each property for which property management services are provided by the applicant, if applicable;
- the following information of each property for which property management services are provided by the applicant, if applicable, —
A) for a property with an owners’ organisation—the name and address of the owners’ organisation; or
B) for a property without an owners’ organisation—the address of each flat in the property;
- if a licensed PMC is engaged by the applicant to provide property management services, information on the identity of that licensed PMC;
- if the applicant is engaged as a subcontractor to provide property management services, the address and number of flats of each property for which property management services are provided by the applicant as a subcontractor;
- information on the licensed PMP (Tier 1) appointed by the applicant to show compliance with the relevant prescribed conditions Note, if applicable; and
- any other information specified by the PMSA.
Note: A licensed PMC must appoint at least one licensed PMP (Tier 1) to manage each property for which property management services are provided by the licensed PMC and display in a prominent place in such property the name and licence number of the licensed PMP (Tier 1) appointed.
Prescribed documents
- a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the applicant, if applicable;
- a copy of the business registration certificate of the applicant, if applicable, and a copy of the certified extracts of information on the business register that relates to the applicant, issued under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310), if applicable;
- documents showing the information on the identity of the applicant’s directors such as a copy of the notification of changes of secretary and directors and the latest annual return of the applicant that has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), if applicable; and
- any other documents specified by the PMSA.
Applicable to Property Management Practitioner Licence
Property Management Services (Licensing and Related Matters) Regulation prescribes the information and documents that must be submitted for an application for a PMP licence, as follows:
Prescribed information
- personal and contact information of the applicant;
- information on the applicant’s academic qualifications, if applicable;
- information on the applicant’s qualifications obtained through the Recognition of Prior Learning mechanism under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework, if applicable;
- information on the applicant’s professional qualifications, if applicable;
- information on the applicant’s relevant work experience in property management;
- information on whether the applicant is or was a director of or partner in a licensed PMC;
- information on whether the applicant is a suitable person to hold the licence;
- information on the applicant’s completion of a course specified by the PMSA for holders of provisional PMP licence, if applicable; and
- any other information specified by the PMSA.
Prescribed documents
- the identity card or passport of the applicant;
- documents showing the applicant’s academic qualifications, if applicable;
- documents showing the applicant’s qualifications obtained through the Recognition of Prior Learning mechanism under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework, if applicable;
- documents showing the applicant’s professional qualifications, if applicable;
- documents showing the applicant’s relevant work experience in property management;
- documents showing the applicant’s completion of a course specified by the PMSA for holders of provisional PMP licence, if applicable;
- a recent photograph of the applicant in the specifications specified by the PMSA;
- documents showing the applicant’s residential address and, if applicable, correspondence address; and
- any other documents specified by the PMSA.