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Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation L.N. 32 of 2020 Section 1 1. Commencement

This Regulation comes into operation on 29 March 2020.

2. Interpretation

In this Regulation—

authorized officer (獲授權人員) means an authorized officer appointed under section 14(1);

fixed penalty (定額罰款) means the fixed penalty under section 8(1);

group gathering (羣組聚集) means a gathering of more than 4 persons;

prohibited group gathering (受禁羣組聚集) means a group gathering the taking place of which is prohibited under section 3;

public place (公眾地方) means a place to which the public or a section of the public may or are permitted to have access from time to time, whether by payment or otherwise;

Secretary (局長) means the Secretary for Food and Health;

specified disease (指明疾病) means the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance;

specified period (指明期間) means a period specified under section 4(1).