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Emergency (Exemption from Statutory Requirements) (COVID-19) Regulation L.N. 23 of 2022 Section 1 L.N. 23 of 2022 Emergency (Exemption from Statutory Requirements) (COVID-19) Regulation (Made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 2 of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241)) 1. Commencement

This Regulation comes into operation on 24 February 2022.

2. Chief Secretary for Administration may grant exemption from requirement under enactment

(1) For preventing, protecting against, delaying or otherwise controlling the incidence or transmission of the specified disease or treating patients with the specified disease (specified purposes), the Chief Secretary for Administration (Chief Secretary) may, having regard to the factors set out in subsection (2), grant an exemption in writing from any requirement under any enactment (including a requirement for licence, authority, approval, exemption, permit, registration, standard or specification).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the factors are—
 * (a) the extent and pattern (whether general or specific) of the spread of the specified disease in Hong Kong or anywhere else in the world;
 * (b) the need to alleviate the effects of the specified disease on the social or economic activities in Hong Kong;
 * (c) the availability of resources to achieve the specified purposes;