Subject (or General Headings)
Exemption from licensing
Provision required (or particular matters to be provided)
B.
The Governor in Council may by order exempt persons or activities from the requirement to hold a licence if he is satisfied that the requirement is not necessary to secure compliance with the international obligations of Hong Kong as a dependent territory of the United
Kingdom.
Remarks
(explanations, queries)
Hong Kong is not a separate contracting party to the international treaties relating
to space.
Its international
It
obligations are derived from those of its sovereign state as a contracting party and may alter with the 1997 handover. is preferable that the provisions concerning international obligations are drafted flexibly, to ensure that the minimal possible legislative changes
are required for the Ordinance to have effect after 1997.
Grant of licence
9.
The Governor in Council may grant a licence if he thinks fit. Such a licence shall be subject to payment of such fee, royalty or other charge whatsoever, whether annual or otherwise, and to such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council may specify in the
licence.