Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5

Prohibition on issue of licences

(1) Where, in relation to the export of any article specified in the Second
Schedule to any country or place there is in existence a quota system or an
export authorization system, a licence to export such article to such country
or place shall not be issued for the purposes of section 6D(1) of the
Ordinance unless the person making the application for the licence is the
holder of a valid quota allocation certificate or valid export authorization
relating to the export of that article. (L.N. 136 of 1994; L.N. 542 of 1995)

(2) Paragraph (1) shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from the
powers conferred on the Director by section 3 of the Ordinance.