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Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation L.N. 142 of 2020 Section 3 :(b) a health officer, or an authorized officer acting on the advice of a health officer, may exercise any power prescribed in subsection (2) if the health officer reasonably suspects that there is on board the conveyance any person—
 * (i) who has contracted the specified disease; or
 * (ii) who has been, or is likely to have been, exposed to a significant risk of contracting the specified disease.

(2) A health officer, or an authorized officer acting on the advice of a health officer, may—
 * (a) prohibit the conveyance from—
 * (i) for an aircraft—landing in Hong Kong;
 * (ii) for a vessel—entering or staying in the waters of Hong Kong;
 * (b) prohibit the conveyance from staying in Hong Kong except in a place specified by a health officer or an authorized officer;
 * (c) if the power under paragraph (b) has been exercised in relation to the conveyance—prohibit the conveyance from leaving the place specified under that paragraph;
 * (d) prohibit the embarkation of any person on, or the disembarkation of any person from, the conveyance except with the permission of a health officer or an authorized officer; and
 * (e) prohibit the loading on, or the unloading from, the conveyance of any article except with the permission of a health officer or an authorized officer.