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Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation L.N. 142 of 2020 Section 5 5. Secretary for Food and Health may specify conditions, places and types of persons

(1) For the purposes of sections 3(1) and 4(1), the Secretary for Food and Health (Secretary) may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify conditions for relevant travellers.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of relevant traveller in section 2(1), the Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify any type of persons who, in the opinion of the Secretary, have been, or are likely to have been, exposed to a significant risk of contracting the specified disease because of their personal circumstances.

(3) For the purposes of the definition of specified place in section 2(1), the Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify any place outside Hong Kong.

(4) A notice published under subsection (1), (2) or (3) is not subsidiary legislation.

(5) Before exercising the power conferred by subsection (1) or (3) in relation to a place or any person who has stayed in a place, the Secretary must have regard to—
 * (a) the extent of the spread of the specified disease in that place; and
 * (b) the public health risk posed to Hong Kong by persons who have stayed in that place.

(6) A condition specified under subsection (1) must relate to the prevention and control of the specified disease or protection of public health.

(7) Different conditions may be specified under subsection (1) for different types of relevant travellers.