Immigration (Advance Passenger Information) Regulation
- (b) the scheduled date and time of departure of the aircraft from the last port of embarkation to Hong Kong;
- (c) the scheduled date and time of arrival of the aircraft in Hong Kong; and
- (d) the last port of embarkation before the aircraft arrives in Hong Kong.
6. Operator of aircraft to comply with Director’s directions
(1) On receipt of the API data relating to a traveller of an aircraft together with the aircraft information under section 5(1), the Director must, as soon as possible but no later than the time of departure of the aircraft, issue either one of the following directions in relation to the traveller to the operator of the aircraft through a designated system—
- (a) a direction that the traveller is allowed to board the aircraft (known as “board direction”);
- (b) a direction that the traveller is not allowed to board the aircraft (known as “no-board direction”).
(2) The operator of the aircraft must not allow a traveller to board the aircraft unless a board direction has been issued in relation to the traveller to the operator.
7. Specified time for supplying API data and aircraft information etc.
(1) The time specified for the purposes of section 5(1)(a) is—
- (a) for an aircraft (except a helicopter)—40 minutes before the time of its departure for Hong Kong; and
- (b) for a helicopter—10 minutes before the time of its departure for Hong Kong.
