Hong Kong Regulations

ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL EFFECTS (GENERAL) REGULATION - SECT 4

Classification of special effects operators

(1) The Authority may classify a special effects operator as a Stream A
operator or Stream B operator according to the type of entertainment programme
in which the special effects operator may be licensed to produce entertainment
special effects.

(2) The types of entertainment programme according to which special effects
operators are classified are specified in Schedule 1.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a special effects operator whose
licence is of the type specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 may use the special
effects materials included in such parts of the Special Effects Materials List
as are specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule.

(4) Subject to section 8(4), a licensed special effects operator shall operate
in accordance with-

   (a)  the terms and conditions and scope of operation specified in his
        licence; and

   (b)  the terms and conditions specified in the discharge permit issued in
        respect of the occasion.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a holder of-

   (a)  Special Effects Assistant (Stream A) licence;

   (b)  Special Effects Assistant (Stream B) licence;

   (c)  Special Effects Assistant (Stream A Short term) licence; or

   (d)  Special Effects Assistant (Stream B Short term) licence, shall not use
        the special effects materials as specified under subsection

(3) unless he is under the supervision of the operator-in-charge named in the
discharge permit of the same stream issued in respect of the occasion.