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1984 Ed.]

Air Armament Practice

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practice is to take place and shall supply to the persons enumerated in the Second Schedule as many copies of such notice as they may require, and, shall deliver not less than 7 clear days before the practice commences, copies of such notice to such persons as the Regional Secretary (New Territories) may specify. (Amended, L.N. 94/74 and L.N. 17/82)

(4) Such notice shall contain warnings to masters of vessels, or pilots of aircraft exempt from the operation of this Ordinance under section 11, to assist the carrying out of the practice by hastening through the practice range or in the case of vessels by consenting to be towed out of such area, if necessary, by any vessel acting under the orders of the Air Officer Commanding.

(Amended, 54 of 1954, s. 3)

5. (1) No practice shall take place over any area of the practice range on more than 5 days in any week. (Added, 54 of 1954, s. 4)

(2) No practice shall take place over the area described in the First Schedule on any Sunday or Saturday:

Provided that the Governor in Council may permit practice to take place over the said area on not more than 6 Sundays in any one calendar year. (Replaced, 23 of 1956, s. 21)

Restriction upon days of firing.

First Schedule

6. Warning that practice is about to take place shall be given Practice signals. in the manner specified in the Third Schedule.

7.

While warning is in force as given by the hoisting or display of signals as provided in section 6 that practice is taking place, then in respect of the area affected by the said warning---

(a) no person shall enter or remain within the area, nor bring, take or suffer to remain therein any vessel, aircraft or thing, except as provided in section 11;

(b) no vessel shall be employed in fishing in the area;

(c) no pleasure boat shall cruise in the area;

(d) no vessel shall anchor or remain anchored in or ground on the area;

(e) no aircraft shall alight on, remain in or travel upon the area:

(f) in the event of any vessel or aircraft being from any cause within the area, the master or pilot or other person in charge thereof shall use his utmost endeavours to pass out of the area without loss of time.

8. (1) No person shall trawl, dredge or search for or otherwise interfere with any practice bomb, bullet, shell or rocket projectile or portions thereof within the practice range, or take or retain, or be in possession of, any such practice bomb, bullet, shell or rocket projectile, or portions thereof, found within any of such area.

Third Schedule.

Offences while practice signals are displayed.

Offences and provisions relating to the recovery of projectiles.