Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (ARMS EMBARGOES) REGULATION - SECT 1

Interpretation and application

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

(1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員) means a person authorized in writing by
the Chief Executive for the purposes of this Regulation;

"commander" (機長), in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the
flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof,
or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being in charge or
command of the aircraft;

"customs officer" (海關人員) means any member of the Customs and Excise
Service holding an office specified in Schedule 1 to the Customs and 
Excise Service Ordinance ( Cap 342);

"export" (出口) includes shipment as stores and, in relation to any vessel,
submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of the HKSAR of the
vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying
goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power;

"Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (南斯拉夫聯盟共和國) includes
Kosovo; (L.N. 367 of 1998)

"HKSAR" (特區) means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China;

"master" (船長), in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a
pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;

"operator" (營運人), in relation to an aircraft or vehicle, means the
person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or vehicle;

"owner" (擁有人), where the owner of a ship is not the operator, means the
operator and any person to whom it is chartered;

"person connected with a prohibited destination"
(與受禁制目的地有關連的人) means-

   (a)  the Government of any territory comprised within a prohibited 
        destination;

   (b)  any other person in, or resident in, a prohibited destination;

   (c)  any body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of a
        prohibited destination;

   (d)  any body, wherever incorporated or constituted, which is controlled by
        the Government of any territory comprised within a
        prohibited destination, any other person in, or resident in, a
        prohibited  destination, or any body incorporated or constituted under
        the law of any part of a prohibited destination;

   (e)  any person acting on behalf of any of the above mentioned persons;

"prohibited destination" (受禁制目的地) means-

   (a)  Liberia;

   (b)  Somalia;

   (c)  Rwanda;

   (d)  the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; or

   (e)  Sierra Leone; (L.N. 367 of 1998)

"ship" (船舶) includes every description of vessel used in navigation not
propelled by oars;

"shipment" (付運) includes loading into an aircraft.

(2) No licence shall be granted under this Regulation except with the approval
of the instructing authority given generally or in a particular case.

(3) To the extent that this Regulation applies to and in relation to Rwanda,
it shall not apply to the Government of Rwanda, and the provisions of this
Regulation shall be construed accordingly.

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員)

"commander" (機長)

"customs officer" (海關人員)

"export" (出口)

"Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (南斯拉夫聯盟共和國)

"HKSAR" (特區)

"master" (船長)

"operator" (營運人)

"owner" (擁有人)

"person connected with a prohibited destination"
(與受禁制目的地有關連的人)

"prohibited destination" (受禁制目的地)

"ship" (船舶)

"shipment" (付運)