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Second Reading of Bills
DANGEROUS GOODS (CONSIGNMENT BY AIR) (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY moved the Second Reading of: 'A Bill to amend the Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Ordinance'.
He said:
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Sir,
I move that the Dangerous Goods (Consignment by
Air) (Safety) (Amendment) Bill 1988 be read the second time.
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The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Dangerous
Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Ordinance to impose on a
person who is convicted of an offence under the said
Ordinance the liability for payment of the expenses
incurred in the seizure, removal and detention of dangerous
goods, and for those expenses to be recoverable as a civil
debt.
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The principal Ordinance was enacted in 1985 to
establish a legal framework for the regulation and
supervision of the transport of dangerous goods by air.
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Section 4(1)(h) of the principal Ordinance
empowers the Director of Civil Aviation to seize, remove
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and detain anything with respect to which he has reasonable
grounds for suspecting that an offence under the Ordinance
has been committed.
The Ordinance does not, however,