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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordinance No. 4 of 2002

An Ordinance to amend the Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

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Enacted by the Legislative Council.

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Ordinance 2002.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Security by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

Section 2 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap. 295) is amended—

(a) in the definition of “dangerous goods”, by repealing “goods or substances” and substituting “substances, materials or articles”;

(b) by repealing the definition of “explosive” and substituting—

“ “explosive” (爆炸品) means—

(a) any solid or liquid substance or any mixture of solid or liquid substances, or both, which is—

(i) capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings; or

(ii) designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke, or a combination of these, as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions; or