Hong Kong Regulations

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 14

Exemption

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 34 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The Registrar may exempt any news agency from all or any of the provisions
of these regulations.

(2) Any person seeking exemption of a news agency under paragraph

(1) who is aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar under that paragraph may
appeal by way of petition to the Chief Executive who- (34 of 1999 s. 3)

   (a)  may regard such petition as being complete for the purposes of
        considering the appeal; and

   (b)  may confirm, vary or reverse such decision or substitute therefor such
        other decision or make such other order as he may think fit.

(3) The right of appeal provided by paragraph (2) shall not be exercisable by
any person after the expiration of 7 days from the notification to him in
writing of the Registrar's decision. (L.N. 94 of 1988)