CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER
- CHAPTER 259L

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997


Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3




CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 259 section 4(1))

[4 February 1972]

(L.N. 21 of 1972)



CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1
(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997


Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3




CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and 
Immunities) (Spanish State) Order.



CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2
(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997


Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3




CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2
Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences VerDate:30/06/1997



The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under Article 32 in 
the First Schedule to the Ordinance to the residence of the career head of 
a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a consular officer 
of the Spanish State of which the Spanish State or any person acting on 
its behalf is the owner.



CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3
(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997


Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3




CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3
Exemption from customs duties VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	Except in respect of importations of consumable goods (such as 
wines, spirits and tobacco), paragraph 2 of Article 50 in the First 
Schedule to the Ordinance (exemption from customs duties) shall be applied 
in regard to consular employees of the Spanish State who satisfy the 
conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) as if the words "in respect of 
articles imported at the time of first installation" were omitted, 
provided that no such consular employee shall have in his possession or 
use at any time more than one vehicle in respect of which exemption from 
customs duty has been given on importation.

(2)	The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that the 
consular employee concerned-

        (a)	is a Spanish subject; and  (80 of 1982 s. 3)

        (aa)	is not-

        (i)	a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a 
British Overseas citizen; or

        (ii)	a British subject; or

        (iii)	a British protected person; and  (80 of 1982 s. 3)

        (b)	does not carry on any private gainful occupation in Hong Kong; 
and

        (c)	is not permanently resident in Hong Kong; and

        (d)	is in receipt of regular emoluments from the Spanish State.