METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER
- CHAPTER 214D

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 214 section 3)

[3 August 1982]

(L.N. 189 of 1982)



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments (Dutiable 
Commodities Ordinance) Order.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2
General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents VerDate:30/06/1997



Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the use of non-metric units in documents 
submitted under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) on or after 
the commencement of this order is prohibited.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3
Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used VerDate:30/06/1997



Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents submitted under 
the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) until 1 January 1983-

        (a)	where such documents constitute amendments to, or otherwise 
relate to, other documents in which non-metric units have been used; and

        (b)	where such other documents were submitted before the 
commencement of this order, unless such other documents were resubmitted 
incorporating the use of metric terms in place of the non-metric terms 
previously used.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4
Continued use of "tonnage" VerDate:30/06/1997



References to the gross tonnage or register tonnage of any ship determined 
in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap 415 
sub. leg.) may continue to be used in documents submitted under the 
Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) on and after the commencement of 
this order.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5
Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together VerDate:30/06/1997



No document shall be submitted under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance 
(Cap 109) containing references to both metric and non-metric units.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 6
Amendment of specified enactments VerDate:30/06/1997



Without prejudice to the paragraph 3, 4, or 7, each of the enactments 
specified in the first column of the Schedule is amended by deleting the 
expression specified in the second column in relation to that enactment, 
and substituting for each expression so deleted the expression, if any, 
opposite to it in the third column.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 7
Saving VerDate:30/06/1997



In respect of any premises or equipment which on the commencement of this 
order is included in any licence, permit or other authority granted under 
an enactment specified in the first column of the Schedule, or in any 
application for such, the references specified in the second column shall 
continue to apply as if they had not been affected by this order so long 
as the licence, permit or other authority in which it is or becomes 
included, or any renewal thereof, remains in force.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE) ORDER - SCHEDULE  
SCHEDULE VerDate:30/06/1997



[paragraphs 6 & 7]

(Amendments incorporated)