Hong Kong Ordinances

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CONTROL ORDINANCE - SECT 39

Director’s power to issue duplicates of permits

(1) If a permit is lost, destroyed or defaced, the Director may, on an
application that complies with any regulation made under section 45, and
subject to the compliance by the applicant with any other requirement imposed
under or by virtue of any such regulation in relation to the application,
issue to the permit holder a duplicate permit to replace the original permit.

(2) A duplicate permit has the same effect as the original permit and is to be
regarded as having been issued under section 10(1).

(3) On the issue of a duplicate permit, the original permit ceases to be
valid.

(4) When making an application for a duplicate permit, the permit holder shall
return the original permit to the Director if it is available to him.

(5) The Director may refuse to issue a duplicate permit to the permit holder
if he does not return the original permit under subsection

(4).

(6) Where the permit holder is not required to return the original permit
under subsection (4) because it is not available to him at the time of making
the application, if—

   (a)  the original permit becomes available to him at any time after the
        application is made; and

   (b)  the application has not been withdrawn by him or refused by the
        Director, the permit holder shall, as soon as practicable after the
        original permit becomes available to him, report this fact to the
        Director and shall take all reasonable steps to obtain possession of
        the permit and return it as soon as practicable to the Director.