Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (APPLICATION AND EXEMPTION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Classification of dangerous good

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), the Ordinance shall apply to the
substances and articles specified in the Schedule. (L.N. 126 of 1990; 41 of
2000 s. 62)

(2) The substances or articles specified in Category 9A of the Schedule are
exempt from the application of sections 6 to 11 of the Ordinance.

(2A) Subject to the Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations ( Cap 295 sub.
leg.) and the Dangerous Goods (Government Explosives Depots)  Regulations (
Cap 295 sub. leg.), any substances and articles specified in the Schedule
which are materials within the meaning of pyrotechnic special effects material
under the Entertainment Special Effects Ordinance ( Cap  560) (but not the
manufacture of such substances and articles) are exempt from the application
of this Ordinance. (41 of 2000 s. 62)

(3) Except as provided in this regulation, all dangerous goods are exempt from
the application of the Ordinance. (L.N. 126 of 1990) (L.N. 16 of 1966)