Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6BC

Obligations of registered textiles trader

Import of textiles as transhipment cargo

(1) A registered textiles trader shall ensure that no textiles are imported as
transhipment cargo, in or on any vessel, aircraft or vehicle, in reliance on
an exemption issued to him under regulation 6(3A) until he has-

   (a)  delivered to the Director, using services provided by a specified
        body, a transhipment notification in respect of the textiles;

   (b)  received the reference number assigned to that transhipment 
        notification and sent by the Director under paragraph (2); and

   (c)  delivered to the import carrier, in electronic form or in paper form,
        the reference number of that transhipment notification and indicated
        to the import carrier that it is such reference number.

(2) The Director, on receiving from a registered textiles trader a
transhipment notification under paragraph (1)(a) in respect of any textiles-

   (a)  is to assign a reference number to the notification for the purpose of
        identifying the notification; and

   (b)  is to send to the registered textiles trader, using services provided
        by a specified body, the reference number of the notification.

(3) A registered textiles trader who has delivered a transhipment 
notification to the Director, and has complied with other requirements in
paragraph (1), in respect of any textiles shall not take, or cause to be
taken, possession of the textiles imported without having delivered to the
import carrier, in electronic form or in paper form, all the particulars
contained in that transhipment notification and having indicated to the
import carrier that they are such particulars.

(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction-

   (a)  where the offence involves a breach of paragraph (1)(c) only, to a
        fine at level 2; or

   (b)  in any other case, to a fine of $500000 and to imprisonment for 2
        years.

(5) Any person who contravenes paragraph (3) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine at level 2. (L.N. 93 of 2003)