### Independent Police Complaints Council Ordinance 《獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會條例》

45. Continuance of appointment
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who, immediately before the commencement date*—
(a) holds an appointment as the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman or any other member of the former Council; or
(b) is a former observer,
continues to be, as from that date, the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman or such other member of the Council or an observer (as the case may be) as if he were appointed under this Ordinance.
(2) The person in subsection (1) continues to hold his appointment only for the unexpired term under his previous appointment, but is eligible for reappointment under section 1(b) or 2(b) of Schedule 1 or section 1(b) of Schedule 2 (as the case may be).
(3) A person who, immediately before the commencement date, is the Secretary or the Legal Adviser of the former Council continues to be, as from that date until the Secretary-General or the Legal Adviser (as the case may be) has been appointed under section 6(1), the Secretary-General or the Legal Adviser (as the case may be) of the Council on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to that person immediately before that date.
(4) A person who, immediately before the commencement date, is an officer (other than the Secretary and the Legal Adviser) of the former Council continues to be, as from that date until such time as the Council and the Government may agree, such officer of the Council on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to that person immediately before that date.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 June 2009.

46. Lists submitted to former Council
In relation to—
(a) the first list of reportable complaints submitted under section 9(1)(a); or
(b) the first list of notifiable complaints submitted under section 9(1)(b),
the last list containing the corresponding information that was submitted by the Commissioner to the former Council before the commencement date* is to be regarded as—
(c) the last list of reportable complaints for the purposes of section 9(2); or
(d) the last list of notifiable complaints for the purposes of section 9(3),
as may be applicable.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 June 2009.

### Independent Police Complaints Council Ordinance 《獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會條例》

48. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 3 of 2019)

### Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance 《產品環保責任條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 3 of 2015)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 3 of 2015)

2. Purposes of this Ordinance
(1) The purposes of this Ordinance are—
(a) to minimize the environmental impact of various types of products, which may include plastic shopping bags and other plastic products, vehicle tyres, electrical and electronic equipment, packaging materials, beverage containers and rechargeable batteries; and
(b) to that end, to introduce producer responsibility schemes, schemes based on the “polluter pays” principle, or other measures, which may require manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers or any other parties to share the responsibility for the reduction in the use, or the recovery, recycling or proper disposal, of those products.
(2) Such schemes or measures may include (but are not limited to) the following—
(a) a product take-back scheme under which a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler or retailer is required to collect certain products for proper waste management;
(b) a deposit-refund scheme under which a consumer is required to pay a deposit to be refunded on the return of certain products to a specified collection point;
(c) the imposition of a recycling levy or fee to finance the proper waste management of certain products; (Amended 3 of 2016 s. 3)
(d) the imposition of an environmental levy or a charge to discourage the use of certain products; (Amended 4 of 2014 s. 3)
(e) the restriction on the disposal of certain products at any designated waste disposal facility as defined in section 2 of the Waste Disposal (Designated Waste Disposal Facility) Regulation (Cap. 354 sub. leg. L); and
(f) the prohibition or restriction on the manufacture, sale, supply, distribution, use or display of certain products. (Added 27 of 2023 s. 31)
(Amended 27 of 2023 s. 31)

### Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance 《產品環保責任條例》

3A. Meanings of plastic and made of plastic
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, plastic is a material consisting of a polymer (other than a natural polymer that has not been chemically modified), whether or not an additive or any other substance has been added to the material.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a product is made of plastic if it is wholly or partly made of a material mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), if the polymer of which a material mentioned in subsection (1) consists—
(a) is used merely as an additive in the production of the material; and
(b) does not function as a major structural component of the product,
the material is to be disregarded in determining whether or not the product is made of plastic.
(4) In subsection (3)—
major structural component (主要結構組成部分), in relation to a product, means a component of the product that is capable of maintaining its form without a substrate. Example—
A laminated layer on the surface of a product.

(Added 27 of 2023 s. 33)

3B. Meaning of made of oxo-degradable plastic
For the purposes of this Ordinance, a product is made of oxo-degradable plastic if—
(a) it is made of plastic; and
(b) there is added to the plastic an additive that, through oxidation, would lead to fragmentation of the plastic into micro-fragments or to chemical decomposition of the plastic.
(Added 27 of 2023 s. 33)

3C. Meaning of disposable
For the purposes of this Ordinance, a product is disposable if it is not designed to be used for the purpose for which it was designed more than once, or on more than one occasion, before being disposed of.
(Added 27 of 2023 s. 33)

4. Prescribed products to which Part 2 applies
This Part applies in relation to plastic shopping bags, regulated electrical equipment, regulated articles and regulated plastic products.
(Amended 3 of 2016 s. 5; 13 of 2016 s. 4; 27 of 2023 s. 34)