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Chapter: | 586
 | Title: | PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 206 of 2006 |
| Section: | 47 | Heading: | Exemption orders | Version Date: | 01/12/2006 |
(1) For the purposes of enabling any part of the Convention, or of a Convention instrument, relating to an exemption in respect of the import, introduction from the sea, export or re-export of any Appendix I species to have the force of law in Hong Kong, the Chief Executive in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from the application of section 5, 6, 7 or 8, either generally or for any purposes or by reference to any circumstances, and either conditionally or unconditionallyˇX
(a) any person or any group or description of persons; or
(b) any specimen of any Appendix I species, or of any group or description of such species.
(2) For the purposes of enabling any part of the Convention, or of a Convention instrument, relating to an exemption in respect of the import, introduction from the sea, export or re-export of any Appendix II species or Appendix III species to have the force of law in Hong Kong, the Secretary may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from the application of section 11, 12, 13 or 14, as the case may be, either generally or for any purposes or by reference to any circumstances, and either conditionally or unconditionallyˇX
(a) any person or any group or description of persons; or
(b) any specimen of any Appendix II species or Appendix III species, or of any group or description of such species.
(3) The Chief Executive in Council may, in relation to the possession or control of any Appendix I species, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from the application of section 9, either generally or for any purposes or by reference to any circumstances, or in any particular case, and either conditionally or unconditionallyˇX
(a) any person or any group or description of persons; or
(b) any specimen of any Appendix I species, or of any group or description of such species.
(4) Without contravening any requirement under the Convention, the Secretary may, in relation to the import of any live specimen of Appendix II species, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from the application of section 11, either generally or for any purposes or by reference to any circumstances, or in any particular case, and either conditionally or unconditionallyˇX
(a) any person or any group or description of persons; or
(b) any specimen of any Appendix II species, or of any group or description of such species.
(5) The Secretary may, in relation to the possession or control of any Appendix II species, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from the application of section 15, either generally or for any purposes or by reference to any circumstances, or in any particular case, and either conditionally or unconditionallyˇX
(a) any person or any group or description of persons; or
(b) any specimen of any Appendix II species, or of any group or description of such species.