Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 55

Transitional provisions relating to Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance

(1) In this section, "relevant date" (有關日期) means the date of
commencement of this Ordinance.

(2) If, immediately before the relevant date, there was a pending application
for—

   (a)  a former licence; or

   (b)  an extension, a renewal or a variation of a former licence, the
        application shall be treated as an application for a licence made
        under section 23(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), as the case may be.

(3) A former licence that is in force immediately before the relevant date—

   (a)  shall be treated as a licence issued under section 23(1)(a),

   (b)  , (c), (d) or (e), as the case may be; and

   (b)  subject to section 26, continues in force until the expiration of the
        period of validity specified in the licence.

(4) A right of appeal subsisting under section 17 of the repealed  Ordinance
immediately before the relevant date shall be treated as a right of appeal
against a decision to the Administrative Appeals Board under section 46(1)(a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e), as the case may be.

(5) An appeal pending under section 17 of the repealed Ordinance immediately
before the relevant date shall be treated and disposed of as if it were an
appeal against a decision pending to the Administrative Appeals Board under
section 46(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), as the case may be.

(6) If—

   (a)  immediately before the relevant date a person had in his possession or
        under his control a specimen of an Appendix I species or
        Appendix II species; and

   (b)  there was no licensing requirement in respect of that specimen under
        section 6 of the repealed Ordinance in force immediately before the
        relevant date, section 9(1) or 15(1), as the case may be, shall apply
        in respect of that specimen only on the expiry of 6 months after the
        relevant date.

"relevant date" (有關日期)