### Amusement Rides (Safety) Ordinance 《機動遊戲機(安全)條例》

49. Approval of codes of practice by the Director
(1) For the purpose of providing practical guidance in respect of any provision of this Ordinance (including any requirement or direction of the Director under any such provision), the Director may—
(a) approve and issue such codes of practice (whether prepared by him or not) as in his opinion are suitable for that purpose; and
(b) approve such codes of practice issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him as in his opinion are suitable for that purpose.
(2) Where a code of practice is approved under subsection (1), the Director shall, by notice in the Gazette—
(a) identify the code concerned and specify the date on which its approval is to take effect; and
(b) specify for which provision of this Ordinance the code is so approved.
(3) The Director may—
(a) from time to time revise the whole or any part of any code of practice prepared by him pursuant to this section;
(b) approve any revision or proposed revision of the whole or any part of any code of practice for the time being approved under this section,
and the provisions of subsection (2) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the approval of any revision under this subsection as they apply in relation to the approval of a code of practice under subsection (1).
(4) The Director may at any time withdraw his approval from any code of practice approved under this section.
(5) Where under subsection (4) the Director withdraws his approval from a code of practice approved under this section, he shall, by notice in the Gazette, identify the code concerned and specify the date on which his approval of it is to cease to have effect.
(6) References in this Ordinance to an approved code of practice are references to that code as it has effect for the time being by virtue of any revision of the whole or any part of it approved under this section.
(7) The power of the Director under subsection (1)(b) to approve a code of practice issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him shall include power to approve a part of such a code and, accordingly, in this Ordinance code of practice (實務守則) may be read as including a part of such a code.

### Amusement Rides (Safety) Ordinance 《機動遊戲機(安全)條例》

50. Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings
(1) A failure on the part of any person to observe any provision of an approved code of practice shall not of itself render him liable to any civil or criminal proceedings but where in any criminal proceedings a party is alleged to have committed an offence by reason of a contravention of a provision of this Ordinance, being a provision of this Ordinance for which there was an approved code of practice at the time of the alleged contravention, subsection (2) shall have effect with respect to such code in relation to those proceedings.
(2) Any code of practice which appears to a magistrate or court to be relevant to a provision of this Ordinance alleged to have been contravened shall be admissible in evidence in the criminal proceedings concerned and if it is proved that there was at any material time a failure to observe any provision of the code which appears to the magistrate or court to be relevant to any matter which it is necessary for the prosecution to prove in order to establish a contravention of that provision of this Ordinance, that matter shall be taken as proved unless the magistrate or court is satisfied that that provision of this Ordinance was in respect of that matter complied with otherwise than by way of observance of that provision of the code.
(3) In any criminal proceedings, a code of practice which appears to a magistrate or court to be the subject of a notice under section 49(2) shall, in the absence of contrary evidence, be taken to be the subject of such notice.

51. Ordinance not to derogate from certain other Ordinances
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of this Ordinance are in addition to, and do not derogate from, the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) and the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap. 172).
(2) Where there is any conflict or inconsistency between any of the provisions of this Ordinance and any of the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) or the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap. 172), the provisions of this Ordinance shall, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency, prevail over the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) or the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap. 172), as the case may be.

51A. Amendment of Schedule 2
Schedule 2 may be amended by regulations made by the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs. 
(Added 72 of 1995 s. 13. Amended L.N. 372 of 1996; L.N. 192 of 1998; L.N. 206 of 1998; L.N. 144 of 2022)

### Amusement Rides (Safety) Ordinance 《機動遊戲機(安全)條例》

53. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2022)

### Civil Aviation Ordinance 《民航條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Civil Aviation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance—

aerodrome (機場) means any area of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landing and taking off of aircraft and includes—
(a) any area or space, whether on the ground, on the roof of a building or elsewhere, which is designed, equipped or set apart for affording facilities for the landing and taking off of aircraft capable of descending or climbing vertically; and
(b) any such area of land or water or any such area or space the management of which is vested in the Government or in the Chief Executive, (Amended 36 of 1999 s. 3)
but does not include any area the use of which for affording facilities for the landing and taking off of aircraft has been abandoned and has not been resumed; (Replaced 66 of 1997 s. 2)

Chicago Convention (《芝加哥公約》) means the Convention on International Civil Aviation which, on 7 December 1944, was opened for signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago; (Added 66 of 1997 s. 2. Amended E.R. 2 of 2020)
grant (批給) includes issue;
Hong Kong permanent resident (香港永久性居民) means a person who is such a resident within the meaning of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115);
land (土地) includes buildings and other structures, land covered with water, and any estate, interest, easement or right in or over land;
licence (牌照) includes a permit or certificate.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in this Ordinance loss or damage (損失或損毀) includes, in relation to persons, loss of life and personal injury.
(3) Any reference in this Ordinance to goods includes a reference to mails and a reference to animals.
(Amended 28 of 1998 s. 2)