Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 12/05/2003).
(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"consul" (領事) means a consul de carriere officially appointed as such by
the government of the appropriate foreign state, who is not engaged in private
occupation for gain in Hong Kong and who at the time of his appointment was
not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; (L.N. 158 of 1973; 23 of 1998 s. 2)

"consular staff" (領事館職員) means those members of the staff of a
consul who have been appointed to their positions by the government of the
appropriate foreign state, who are not engaged in private occupation for gain
in Hong Kong and who at the time of their appointment were not ordinarily
resident in Hong Kong; (L.N. 158 of 1973; 23 of 1998 s. 2)

"excluded person" (被排除的人) means a person referred to in regulation
25A; (L.N. 178 of 1987)

"exempt person" (獲豁免的人) means a person referred to in regulation 25;
(L.N. 178 of 1987)

"Head of the EC Office" (歐共體辦事處主任), and "a member of the EC
Office" (歐共體辦事處 人員), mean respectively the Head, and a member,
of the Office of the Commission of the European Communities in Hong Kong
within the meaning of subsection (2) or (4), as the case may be, of section 3
of the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) (Office of the 
Commission of the European Communities) Order (Cap 558 sub. leg. A) who-

   (a)  is not engaged in private occupation for gain in Hong Kong; and

   (b)  is a national of a Member State of the European Communities but is not
        a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
        (L.N. 165 of 2003)

"portable identity card reader" (便攜式身分證閱讀器) means an
instrument which-

   (a)  can reproduce, from the data stored in the chip embodied in an
        identity card, any information specified in Schedule 1 but not other
        information;

   (b)  can scan a person's fingerprint for the purposes of matching with the
        template referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 and stored in the
        chip embodied in an identity card;

   (c)  cannot keep record of any fingerprint so scanned; and

   (d)  is of a type approved under regulation 11B; (9 of 2003 s. 8)

"registration office" (人事登記處辦事處) means an office established
or set up under section 2(3) of the Ordinance;

"replacement identity card" (補領身分證) means a
replacement identity card issued under regulation 13 or 14 in the place of an
identity card; (L.N. 178 of 1987)

"travel document" (旅行證件) has the meaning assigned to it by
section 2(1) of the Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115). (L.N. 204 of 1979)

(2) Save where the contrary expressly appears, any order or direction required
to be made or given by these regulations may be given in writing or verbally.

"consul" (領事)

"consular staff" (領事館職員)

"excluded person" (被排除的人)

"exempt person" (獲豁免的人)

"Head of the EC Office" (歐共體辦事處主任), and "a member of the EC
Office" (歐共體辦事處 人員)

"portable identity card reader" (便攜式身分證閱讀器)

"registration office" (人事登記處辦事處)

"replacement identity card" (補領身分證)

"travel document" (旅行證件)