Chapter:	586A	Title:	PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS (EXEMPTION FOR APPENDIX I SPECIES) ORDER	Gazette Number:	L.N. 105 of 2006; L.N. 206 of 2006
Section:	7	Heading:	Exemption in respect of possession or control of personal or household effects	Version Date:	01/12/2006

(1) A person who has in his possession or under his control a specimen (other than a live specimen) of an Appendix I species shall be exempt from section 9(1) of the Ordinance ifˇX

(a) the specimen is not of a species specified in the Schedule; and
(b) the specimen is part of the personal or household effects of the person.

(a) the specimen is not of a species specified in the Schedule;
(b) the specimen is part of the personal or household effects of the person; and
(c) the person proves to the satisfaction of the Director thatˇX
(i) where the person began to possess or control the specimen before the commencement of the Ordinance, the possession or control before that commencement had never been in contravention of the repealed Ordinance; and
(ii) where the person began to possess or control the specimen on or after that commencementˇX
(A) the specimen was imported or introduced from the sea in compliance with the repealed Ordinance or the Ordinance (whichever was in force at that time); or
(B) he legally acquired the specimen in Hong Kong.