Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT AND EXPORT (FEES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Transitional arrangement relating to Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2006 (refund of certain registration fees)

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

(1) This regulation applies to a person who—

   (a)  before regulation 6DB(1A) of the Import and Export (General) 
        Regulations ( Cap 60 sub. leg. A) (“relevant Regulations”) comes
        into operation (“relevant time”), has paid a fee for registration
        (“registration fee”) as a registered rough diamond trader under
        regulation 6DD of the relevant Regulations for a period that expires
        after the relevant time; and

   (b)  after the relevant time, is a person to whom regulation 6DB(1) of the
        relevant Regulations does not apply by virtue of regulation 6DB(1A) of
        the relevant Regulations.

(2) A person to whom this regulation applies may apply in writing to the
Director for refund of the appropriate part of the registration fee.

(3) If the Director is satisfied that the person who makes an application
under paragraph (2) (“applicant”) is a person to whom this regulation
applies, he shall refund the appropriate part of the registration fee to the
applicant.

(4) Upon refunding the appropriate part of the registration fee to the
applicant, the Director shall—

   (a)  remove the name of the applicant from the register maintained under
        regulation 6DC of the relevant Regulations; and

   (b)  send a notice to the applicant informing him that his name has been so
        removed.

(5) In this regulation, the amount of the appropriate part of the registration
fee shall be—

   (a)  where the date of notice referred to in paragraph (4)(b)
        (“notification date”) is within one year from the date of
        registration, $275; and

   (b)  where the notification date is more than one year from the date of
        registration, a sum calculated in accordance with the following
        formula, with the result rounded up to the nearest dollar—
A

$275
X 365 where A represents the number of calendar days within the period that
begins on the notification date and expires on the date of expiration of the
registration.

(6) This regulation ceases to have effect on the second anniversary of the day
on which the Import and Export (Fees) (Amendment) Regulation 2006 (L.N. 50 of
2006) comes into operation*. (L.N. 50 of 2006)
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* In operation date: 15 May 2006.