### Import and Export (Registration) Regulations 《進出口(登記)規例》

13B. Duty of specified agent
(1) A specified agent shall not send any information on behalf of a person using services provided by a specified body unless the specified agent has obtained from the person an authorization in writing to do so.
(2) A specified agent who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3.
(L.N. 544 of 1995)

14. Publication of forms and requirements specified by the Commissioner
(1) (Repealed L.N. 322 of 1999)(2) The requirements specified by the Commissioner for lodging declarations using services provided by a specified body under these regulations shall be published in the Gazette. (L.N. 544 of 1995)
(L.N. 75 of 1970; L.N. 294 of 1982)

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) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 11 April 2003.
** See L.N. 97 of 2004 and L.N. 30 of 2006.

### Import and Export (Registration) Regulations 《進出口(登記)規例》

16. Transitional provision (Import and Export (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2012)
Regulation 8(1), as amended by the Import and Export (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 (L.N. 135 of 2012), applies in relation to— (E.R. 2 of 2020)
(a) import declarations relating to articles imported on or after 1 August 2012; and
(b) export declarations relating to articles exported (including re-exported) on or after 1 August 2012.
(L.N. 134 of 2012; L.N. 135 of 2012)

17. Application of Import and Export (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2018
(1) Regulations 8 and 10, as amended by the Import and Export (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2018 (L.N. 124 of 2018), apply in relation to— (E.R. 2 of 2020)
(a) import declarations relating to articles imported after the specified time; and
(b) export declarations relating to articles exported (including re-exported) after the specified time.
(2) In this regulation—
specified time (指明時間) means the time at which the Import and Export (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2018 (L.N. 124 of 2018) commences*. (E.R. 2 of 2020)
(L.N. 124 of 2018) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 August 2018.

### Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations 《進出口(戰略物品)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations.

2. Prohibition of import or export of articles in Schedules except under licence
(1) A person shall not import or export an article specified in Schedule 1 except under and in accordance with an import or export licence issued by the Director.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) an article in transit except an article specified in Schedule 2;
(b) an article of air transhipment cargo, except an article specified in Schedule 2, which is imported or exported by a person to whom an exemption has been granted under regulation 2A with respect to the transhipment of that article. (29 of 2000 s. 2)
(3) A person shall not import or export an article specified in Schedule 3, or any technological document containing information relating to an article specified in Schedule 3, except under and in accordance with an import or export licence issued by the Director—
(a) if he knows that the article or document is intended or likely to be used in an activity specified in Schedule 4; or
(b) if there are reasonable grounds for him to believe that the article or document may be used in such an activity.
(L.N. 299 of 1993)

2A. Exemption in relation to air transhipment cargo
(1) If the Director is satisfied that a person is engaged in the business of dealing in air transhipment cargo he may exempt in writing, with respect to the transhipment of any article specified in that exemption that is air transhipment cargo, that person from the licensing requirements under section 6A(2) of the Ordinance and regulation 2(1).
(2) The Director may, whether at the time of making the exemption or subsequently, impose such conditions as he thinks fit in relation to an exemption made under paragraph (1), and any person exempted under that paragraph shall comply with any condition imposed under this paragraph.
(3) If a person contravenes or fails to comply with any condition imposed under this regulation—
(a) he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years;
(b) the Director may by notice in writing revoke or suspend any exemption granted to that person or may amend any condition.
(29 of 2000 s. 2)

### Export (Prescribed Articles) Regulations 《出口(訂明物品)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Export (Prescribed Articles) Regulations.
(L.N. 41 of 1991)

2. Articles prescribed for purposes of section 6D(2) of the Ordinance
The articles in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of section 6D(2) of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 134 of 1994)

4. Exemption for certain ferry passengers
Section 6D(2) of the Ordinance shall not apply to a passenger carrying an article prescribed in the Schedule as part of his baggage, for his own use other than for trade or business, on a ferry vessel as defined in regulation 2 of the Shipping and Port Control (Ferry Terminals) Regulations (Cap. 313 sub. leg. H), or as defined in section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) (Ferry Terminals) Regulation (Cap. 548 sub. leg. B), operating between— (24 of 2005 s. 55)
(a) a terminal in Hong Kong and a place in Macau; or
(b) a terminal in Hong Kong and another place in China.
(L.N. 41 of 1991; L.N. 134 of 1994; 64 of 1999 s. 3; 66 of 2000 s. 3)