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Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Schedule 7 Section 2 ::(i) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that some or all persons of that description have such information or are in possession of such material; and
 * (ii) the offence endangering national security could not effectively be investigated if the application was required to relate to a particular person, whether because of the urgency of the investigation, the need to keep the investigation confidential or the difficulty in identifying a particular person who has relevant information or material;
 * (d) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest that an order under subsection (2) should be made in respect of that person or those persons, having regard to—
 * (i) the seriousness of the offence endangering national security under investigation;
 * (ii) whether or not the offence endangering national security could be effectively investigated if an order under subsection (2) is not made;
 * (iii) the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the information is disclosed or the material obtained; and
 * (iv) the circumstances under which the person or persons may have acquired, or may hold, the information or material (including any obligation of confidentiality in respect of the information or material and any family relationship with a person to whom the information or material relates).