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Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation L.N. 12 of 2020 Section 1

1. Commencement

This Regulation comes into operation on 8 February 2020.

2. Interpretation

In this Regulation—

assigned place of quarantine (指派檢疫地點) means a place mentioned in section 6(a);

authorized officer (獲授權人員) means an authorized officer appointed under section 11;

Mainland (內地) means the part of China other than Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;

place of quarantine (檢疫地點) means—
 * (a) an assigned place of quarantine; or
 * (b) a place mentioned in section 6(b);

public health emergency (公共衞生緊急事態) means the public health emergency within the meaning of section 8(5) of the Ordinance concerning the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance;

quarantine order (檢疫令) means an order made under section 3(1);

quarantine period (檢疫期) means the period of 14 days mentioned in section 3(1).