Hong Kong Ordinances

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CONTROL ORDINANCE - SCHEDULE 2

[sections 2, 3 & 50]

PART 1

TYPE 2 CHEMICALS

Item	Chemical	CAS registry number
1.	Asbestos:	
	(a) actinolite	77536-66-4
	(b) anthophyllite	77536-67-5
	(c) amosite	12172-73-5
	(d) crocidolite	12001-28-4

	(e) tremolite
		77536-68-6
		
2.	Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB):	
	(a) hexabromobiphenyl	36355-01-8
	(b) octabromobiphenyl	27858-07-7

	(c) decabromobiphenyl
		13654-09-6
		
3.
	Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT)
		61788-33-8
		
4.
	Tetraethyl lead
		78-00-2
		
5.
	Tetramethyl lead
		75-74-1
		
6.	Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate	126-72-7

PART 2

EXTENT TO WHICH PART 2 OF ORDINANCE DOES NOT
APPLY TO TYPE 2 CHEMICALS

1. Interpretation of this Part

In this Part—
“article in transit” (過境物品) has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of 
the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap 60);
“manufactured product” (製成品) means a product that, during its manufacture, 
is formed into a specific physical shape or design and has an end use 
function wholly or partly dependent on its shape or design.

2. Limitations on application of sections 6(1),
 7(1), 8(1) and 9(1) of Ordinance to
 Type 2 chemicals

(1) Sections 6(1), 7(1), 8(1) and 9(1) of this Ordinance do not apply to a 
Type 2 chemical if the chemical is, or is a part of, any of the following 
things—
(a) any food as defined in section 2(1) of the Public Health and Municipal 
Services Ordinance (Cap 132);
(b) any additive as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Food and Drugs 
(Composition and Labelling) Regulations (Cap 132 sub. leg. W);
(c) any pharmaceutical product as defined in section 2(1) of the Pharmacy 
and Poisons Ordinance (Cap 138);
(d) any radioactive substance as defined in section 2 of the Radiation 
Ordinance (Cap 303);
(e) any waste as defined in section 2(1) of the Waste Disposal Ordinance 
(Cap 354);
(f) any chemical weapons as defined in section 2(1) of the Chemical 
Weapons (Convention) Ordinance (Cap 578);
(g) any thing listed in Schedules I or II of the Single Convention on 
Narcotic Drugs, 1961 which was adopted on 30 March 1961, as amended by the 
1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 which 
was adopted on 24 March 1972; or
(h) any thing listed in the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 
which was adopted on 21 February 1971.
(2) Sections 7(1), 8(1) and 9(1) of this Ordinance do not apply to a Type 
2 chemical if the chemical is a constituent element of a manufactured 
product.
(3) Sections 7(1) and 8(1) of this Ordinance do not apply to a Type 2 
chemical if the chemical is, or is a part of, an article in transit.