Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation
Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation
(Made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 8 of the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599))
1. Commencement
This Regulation comes into operation on 8 February 2020.
2. Interpretation
In this Regulation—
assigned place of quarantine (指派檢疫地點) means a place mentioned in section 6(a);
authorized officer (獲授權人員) means an authorized officer appointed under section 11;
Mainland (內地) means the part of China other than Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;
place of quarantine (檢疫地點) means—
- (a) an assigned place of quarantine; or
- (b) a place mentioned in section 6(b);
public health emergency (公共衞生緊急事態) means the public health emergency within the meaning of section 8(5) of the Ordinance concerning the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance;
quarantine order (檢疫令) means an order made under section 3(1);
quarantine period (檢疫期) means the period of 14 days mentioned in section 3(1).
