Import and Export Ordinance

(1)
For the period specified in subsection (3), a reference in a specified provision
                to using the specified system is, subject to any determination made under
section 32A(2
)(
a)
or notice published under
section
                32B(2)
, to be construed as a reference
to—
(a)
using services provided by a specified body (within the meaning of the
                    pre-amended Ordinance); or
(b)
using the specified system.
(2)
For the period specified in subsection (3), a reference in
section 8
,
9
or
11
to using the specified system is, subject to any
                determination made under
section 32A(2
)(
a)
or notice published under
section 32B(2)
, to be construed as a reference
to—
(a)
in so far as it relates to the transmission of a manifest of cargo carried
                    in or on an aircraft, train or vessel (or a copy or extract of the
                    manifest
)—
(i)
using services provided by a specified body (within the meaning of the
                        pre-amended Ordinance); or
(ii)
using the specified system; or
(b)
in so far as it relates to the transmission of a manifest of cargo carried
                    in or on a vehicle (other than a train) (or a copy or extract of the
                    manifest
)—
(i)
in paper form; or
(ii)
using the specified system.
(3)
The period specified for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) is the
period—
(a)
beginning on the gazettal date; and
(b)
ending at midnight on the date to be appointed by the Commissioner of
                    Customs and Excise for the purposes of this subsection by notice published in
                    the Gazette.
(4)
A notice under subsection
(3
)(
b)
may appoint different dates in
                relation to different classes of persons or information.
(5)
A notice under subsection
(3
)(
b)
is subsidiary
                legislation.
(6)
A reference in
section 20(1
)(
c
)(
ia)
or
33A
to using the
                specified system includes a reference to using services provided by a specified body
                (within the meaning of the pre-amended Ordinance).
(7)
In this
section—
*
gazettal
                    date
(
刊憲日期
) means the date on which
                the Import and Export (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 (
30 of
                    2025
) is published in the Gazette;
pre-amended Ordinance
(
《原有條例》
) means this Ordinance as in force
                immediately before the gazettal date;
specified provision
(
指明條文
)
means—
(a)
section 2
(in so far as it relates to the definition of
licence
);
(b)
section 3(7
)(
c)
;
(c)
section 15(1B
)(
c)
;
(d)
section 32A
; or
(e)
section 32B
.