Prevention and Control of Disease (Use of Vaccines) Regulation
L.N. 258 of 2020
Section 2
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registered (註冊) means registered under regulation 36 of Cap. 138A;
Secretary (局長) means the Secretary for Food and Health;
specified disease (指明疾病) means the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is specified in item 8A of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance;
specified purpose (指明目的) means—
- (a) the purpose of carrying out a programme that is conducted by the Government to administer authorized vaccines to members of the public, or a section of the public, on an emergency basis, for preventing, protecting against, delaying or otherwise controlling the incidence or transmission of, or mitigating a serious or life-threatening condition arising from, the specified disease; or
- (b) any other reasonable purpose that—
- (i) relates to the use of an authorized vaccine for preventing, protecting against, delaying or otherwise controlling the incidence or transmission of, or mitigating a serious or life-threatening condition arising from, the specified disease; and
- (ii) is specified by the Secretary;
use (使用), in relation to a vaccine, includes distribute, supply, offer for supply, possess, prescribe, dispense and administer;
vaccine (疫苗) means a pharmaceutical product that—
- (a) contains an antigenic substance or is intended to stimulate, after the product has been administered to a person, the production of an antigenic substance in that person’s body; and
