- (a) the laboratory does not have sufficient facilities and equipment to handle the scheduled infectious agent;
- (b) the person handling the agent in the laboratory does not have the necessary competency to do so; or
- (c) the agent is handled by the laboratory in a manner that may pose a public health risk.
(2) The owner or the person in charge of the laboratory shall comply with the requirement made under subsection (1).
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
43. Laboratory shall notify Director of cases of leakage of scheduled infectious agents
(1) If it comes to the knowledge of the owner or the person in charge of a laboratory that there is a leakage of a scheduled infectious agent in the laboratory that may pose a public health risk, the owner or that person shall notify the Director immediately.
(2) The owner or the person in charge of the laboratory shall give to the Director any information that is required by a health officer to facilitate the investigation of the leakage.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) or knowingly gives any information that is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
PART 9
Declaration and Certification in respect of Cross-boundary Conveyances
44. Submission of Maritime Declaration of Health
(1) The operator of a cross-boundary vessel that enters the waters of Hong Kong shall submit to a health officer a declaration, in the form described as the “Model of Maritime Declaration of Health” in the International Health Regulations, declaring the matters specified in the form, signed by the operator and, if a surgeon is carried, counter-signed by the surgeon.
(2) The person who signs or counter-signs the declaration shall ensure that the information contained in the declaration is not false in any material particular.
(3) A health officer may—
