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necessary modifications, apply to the partial cancellation or partial suspension to the extent that the permit is so cancelled or suspended.

(3) Where there is a partial cancellation of a permit—

(a) section 21(1) shall be construed as requiring the permit holder to return the permit to the Director not later than 10 working days after the partial cancellation takes effect; and

(b) the Director shall, on receiving the permit so returned, issue to the permit holder, free of charge, a permit in respect of the scheduled chemicals that are authorized to be manufactured, exported, imported or used under the permit so returned but are not chemicals to which the partial cancellation relates.

(4) Where there is a partial suspension of a permit—

(a) section 29(1) shall be construed as requiring the permit holder to return the permit to the Director not later than 10 working days after the partial suspension takes effect;

(b) the Director shall, on receiving the permit so returned, issue to the permit holder, free of charge, a permit in respect of the scheduled chemicals that are authorized to be manufactured, exported, imported or used under the permit so returned but are not chemicals to which the partial suspension relates; and

(c) section 30 shall be construed as—

(i) requiring the permit holder to return the permit issued to him under paragraph (b); and

(ii) empowering the Director to send to the permit holder, in such manner as the Director considers appropriate, the permit returned under paragraph (a) if the permit holder—

(A) does not collect the permit so returned within 10 working days after the partial suspension ceases to have effect; or

(B) has requested in writing that the permit be sent to him.

(5) A permit issued under subsection (3)(b) or (4)(b) is to be regarded as a permit issued under section 10(1).

(6) In this section—

“partial cancellation” (局部取消 ), in relation to a permit, means the cancellation of the permit to the extent that it relates to one or more, but not all, scheduled chemicals that are authorized to be manufactured, exported, imported or used under the permit;

“partial suspension” (局部暫時吊銷), in relation to a permit, means the suspension of the permit to the extent that it relates to one or more, but not all, scheduled chemicals that are authorized to be manufactured, exported, imported or used under the permit.