Hong Kong Ordinances

OUTER SPACE ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Notice to the Central People's Government

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Where the Chief Executive intends to grant a licence under section 5(1),
or to revoke a licence under section 7(2), he shall give notice of such
intention to the Central People's Government.

(2) Where the Central People's Government issues an instruction to the Chief
Executive-

   (a)  in relation to a notice referred to in subsection (1); and

   (b)  on the ground that if the instruction were not complied with the
        national security or the international obligations of the People's
        Republic of China would be significantly affected, the Chief Executive
        shall comply with that instruction. (Amended 55 of 1999 s. 3)