Hong Kong Ordinances

OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Registration

(1) Where the Director is satisfied that a person-

   (a)  was, before the commencement of this Ordinance, an importer or
        exporter of scheduled substances; or

   (b)  bona fide intends to import or export scheduled substances if granted
        a licence under section 6, the Director may, on application to him in
        a form specified by him and on payment of the prescribed registration
        fee, register the person under this section.

(2) It is a condition of continued registration that the registrant bona fide
intends to import or export scheduled substances if granted a licence under
section 6.

(3) The Director may, at the time of registration or at any time after giving
written notice to a registrant, impose conditions of registration that are
reasonably related to Hong Kong's obligations referred to in section 6(4)(a)
or to the measures referred to in section  6 (4)(b).

(4) Registration under this section does not entitle a person to a licence
under section 6.

(5) The Director shall issue a certificate of registration in a form specified
by him to a person who is registered under this section and the condition of
registration under subsection (2) and any conditions of registration imposed
under subsection (3) shall be set out in the certificate.

(6) Where the Director specifies an expiry date in a certificate of
registration, the registration ceases to have effect after that date.

(7) If the Director refuses to register an applicant, the Director shall serve
on the applicant, by personal service or by post, a notice stating the reasons
for his refusal.

(8) A person registered under this section who contravenes a condition of
registration relating to him commits an offence and is liable to a fine of
$25000. (Enacted 1989)