Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 15

Transitional

(1) Any provision of regulation 11 or 12 requiring that information given
under those regulations be given by using services provided by a specified
body shall, in respect of the period specified in paragraph (2), but subject
to any determination made under section 32A(2)(a) of the Ordinance or notice
published under section 32B(2) of the Ordinance, be construed as requiring
that the information be given either in paper form or by using services
provided by a specified body.

(2) The period specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the period
beginning with the commencement* of the Import and Export (Registration)
(Amendment) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 33 of 2003) and ending at midnight on a date
to be specified by the Commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph by
notice published in the Gazette#.

(3) A notice published under paragraph (2) may specify different dates in
relation to different classes of persons or information.

(4) A notice published under paragraph (2) is subsidiary legislation. (L.N. 33
of 2003)
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Note:

* Commencement date: 11 April 2003.

# 1. L.N. 97 of 2004 was made by the Commissioner for the purposes of
regulation 15(2) and its text is reproduced as follows- "For the purposes of
regulation 15(2) of the Import and Export (Registration) Regulations ( Cap 60
sub. leg. E), I specify 16 July 2004 as the date on which the period specified
for the purposes of regulation 15(1) (in so far as it relates to any provision
of regulation 11 or 12 of the Regulations requiring the lodgement of the
manifest of cargo imported or exported in an aircraft or a train) of the
Regulations shall end.".

2. L.N. 30 of 2006 was made by the Commissioner for the purposes of regulation
15(2) and its text is reproduced as follows- "For the purposes of regulation
15(2) of the Import and Export (Registration) Regulations ( Cap 60 sub. leg.
E), I specify 15 June 2006 as the date on which the period specified for the
purposes of regulation 15(1) (in so far as it relates to any provision of
regulation 11 or 12 of the Regulations requiring the lodgement of the manifest
of cargo imported or exported in a vessel) of the Regulations shall end.".