Hong Kong Regulations

HONG KONG AIRPORT (RESTRICTED AREAS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 15

Exemption for bona fide passengers and air-crews

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) Subject to this regulation, the provisions of regulation 5 shall not apply
to-

   (a)  any bona fide air-crew member or bona fide air passenger who is in the
        course of passage through any immigration control or aircraft boarding
        area or an area set aside for the purposes of the Preventive Service,
        which is within a restricted area-

        (i)    having disembarked from an aircraft; or

        (ii)   for the purpose of embarking upon an aircraft of which he is an
               air-crew member or air passenger;

   (b)  any bona fide air passenger awaiting an onward flight in any area
        reserved for transit or transfer passengers which is within a
        restricted area.

(2) No person shall be exempt from the provisions of regulation 5 by virtue of
paragraph (1) unless-

   (a)  being an air-crew member, other than a military air-crew member of a
        military aircraft, he is in possession of a valid air-crew licence or
        crew member certificate issued in accordance with the appropriate
        international conventions; or

   (b)  being a military air-crew member of a military aircraft, he is in
        possession of a valid military identification document; or

   (c)  being a departing passenger, he is in possession of a valid travel
        document and a valid aircraft boarding pass; or

   (d)  being an arriving passenger or a transit or transfer passenger, he is
        in possession of a valid travel document.