### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

26. Regulations
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations to provide for— (Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) the proper management and control, including closure or partial closure, of country parks and special areas;
(b) prohibiting or restricting the entry into, or movement within, country parks and special areas of persons, vehicles, boats and animals;
(c) the preservation of good order and prevention of abuses and nuisances within country parks and special areas;
(d) the fees or charges payable in connexion with the use of any country park or special area or any part thereof or in connexion with the use of any amenities or facilities provided therein;
(e) prohibiting or restricting the killing, hunting, trapping, molesting or disturbance of any form of wild life within a country park or special area, the taking of, destruction of or interference with vegetation within a country park or special area or the doing of anything therein which will interfere with the soil;
(f) prohibiting or restricting the lighting of fires within a country park or special area and the prevention of fire hazards;
(g) prohibiting or controlling the use of a country park or special area for—
(i) picnicking;
(ii) barbecuing;
(iii) camping;
(iv) swimming;
(v) hawking;
(vi) advertising;
(vii) fishing; and
(viii) any other similar activities;
(h) the seizure and disposal of any vehicle, boat, animal or other article or thing in respect of which any regulation made under this section is contravened;
(i) the issue by the Authority on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Authority may personally determine, of permits authorizing the entry into a country park or special area or the doing of anything therein which would otherwise be unlawful; and
(j) generally the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Regulations made under this section shall not derogate from or adversely affect any rights attached to any land within a country park or special area.
(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention or breach thereof shall be an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 3 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year and where the offence is a continuing offence, punishable by a daily fine not exceeding $100 in addition to the penalties imposed in relation to that offence.(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022; 23 of 2023 s. 4)

### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

27. Powers of arrest
(1) Any public officer or class of public officers authorized in writing by the Authority in that behalf may without warrant arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having committed any offence under the regulations.
(2) Any public officer who arrests any person under subsection (1) shall take the person to a police station or, if further inquiries are necessary, first to an office of the Authority and then to a police station, there to be dealt with in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232):
Provided that in no case shall any person be detained for more than 48 hours without being charged and brought before a magistrate.
(3) If any person forcibly resists or attempts to evade arrest under this section, the public officer arresting him may use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect the arrest.

28. Powers of entry
(1) For the purpose of—
(a) surveying any land in connexion with the preparation of a draft map under section 8;
(b) ascertaining whether any new development is being carried out on any land;
(c) ascertaining whether the use or proposed use of any land within a country park would substantially reduce the enjoyment or amenities of the country park as such; or
(d) surveying any land or estimating its value in connexion with any claim for compensation under section 19,
any public officer authorized in writing by the Authority in that behalf may enter upon that land at all reasonable times.
(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs any public officer lawfully exercising his powers under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 1 year.(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)

### Plant (Importation and Pest Control) (Fees) Regulations 《植物(進口管制及病蟲害控制)(費用)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Plant (Importation and Pest Control) (Fees) Regulations.

2. Fees for examination and phytosanitary certificate
On application for the issue of a phytosanitary certificate, the fees payable for examination under section 6(3) of the Ordinance, and the issue of a certificate if appropriate, shall be as specified in Schedule 1.

3. Fees for visit to applicant’s premises for examination of plants
The fees payable under section 6(4) of the Ordinance for making an examination of plants at the premises of a person applying for a phytosanitary certificate shall be $115 for each visit.
(L.N. 175 of 1994; L.N. 52 of 1995; L.N. 205 of 1996; L.N. 521 of 1997; L.N. 2 of 2001)

4. Quarantine maintenance fees
The fees specified in Schedule 2 shall be payable for the maintenance of plants grown or propagated in any quarantine area.

5. Fees for treatment of plants and soil
The fees payable under the Ordinance for the treatment of plants and soil shall be as set out in Schedule 3.

### Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance 《植物(進口管制及病蟲害控制)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
authorized officer (獲授權人員) means a public officer authorized by the Director under section 3;
Director (署長) means the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation; (Amended L.N. 331 of 1999)
import (進口), in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means to bring, or cause to be brought, into Hong Kong any plant, plant pest or soil by land, air or water or through the post;
in transit (過境), in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means a plant, plant pest or soil which is brought into Hong Kong solely for the purpose of taking it or causing it to be taken out of Hong Kong;
phytosanitary certificate (植物檢疫證明書) means a phytosanitary certificate referred to in section 6(2);
plant (植物) includes—
(a) timber, trees and shrubs; and
(b) leaves, roots, flowers, fruit, tubers, bulbs, corms, stocks, cuttings, layers, slips, suckers, seeds, and any part of a plant, whether or not intended for growing, planting or propagation or from which further plants may be grown, planted or propagated;

plant import licence (植物進口證) means a licence referred to in section 6(1);
plant pest (植物病蟲害) means any bacterium, fungus, virus, mycoplasma, alga or other plant or any invertebrate animal which is capable of being injurious or destructive to plants;
premises (處所) includes any vehicle, vessel or aircraft;
prohibited (受禁制), in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means any plant, plant pest or soil the importation of which is not permitted except in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of a plant import licence or a written authorization of the Director;
quarantine area (檢疫區) means an area declared under section 14 to be a quarantine area;
soil (泥土) includes earth, sand, clay and peat.

3. Appointment of authorized officers
The Director may authorize in writing any public officer to exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties conferred or imposed on an authorized officer by this Ordinance.