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Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance Part 3 Section 7 :(c) a right conferred, or an obligation imposed, by a preexisting Court order specified in Schedule 5;
 * (d) a right conferred, or an obligation imposed, by any other pre-existing Court order, but only to the extent that the right or obligation may be exercised or discharged in relation to a non-reserved matter.

8. Interpretation of future documents in relation to rights and obligations

(1) This section applies if—
 * (a) a future document contains a reference to Hong Kong or part of Hong Kong to describe the geographical scope for a right or obligation (other than a right acquired or accrued, or an obligation incurred, before the commencement date); and
 * (b) the future document is none of the following—
 * (i) an enactment;
 * (ii) a statutory authority;
 * (iii) a Court order.

(2) In interpreting the reference, to the extent that the right or obligation may be exercised or discharged in relation to a non-reserved matter, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside Hong Kong but lying within the Mainland.

(3) However, subsection (2) may be displaced by a contrary intention.