METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER
- CHAPTER 214H

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



(Cap 214 section 3)

[1 April 1983]

(L.N. 119 of 1983)


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



This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments (Dangerous Goods 
Ordinance) Order.


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



Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents submitted 
under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 295) on or after the commencement 
of this order is prohibited.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS 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 Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 295) until 1 July 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 units in place of the non-metric units 
previously used.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4
Prohibition of use of metric units and non-metric units together VerDate:30/06/1997



No document shall be submitted under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 
295) containing references to both metric and non-metric units.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5
Amendment of specified enactments VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	Without prejudice to paragraph 2, 3 or 6, the enactments 
specified in the first column of the First Schedule are amended by 
deleting, wherever it occurs, the expression specified in the second 
column thereof opposite each such enactment and substituting in each place 
the expression specified in the third column thereof opposite each such 
enactment.

(2)	Without prejudice to paragraph 2, 3 or 6, the enactments 
specified in the first column of the Second Schedule are amended to the 
extent and in the manner set out in the second column thereof.



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 6
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 First Schedule or the 
first column of the Second Schedule, or in any application for such, the 
references specified in the second column of those Schedules 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 (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER - SCHEDULE 1
  VerDate:30/06/1997



[paragraphs 5 & 6]

(Amendments incorporated)



METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER - SCHEDULE 2
  VerDate:30/06/1997



[paragraphs 5 & 6]

(Amendments incorporated)