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(Cap 277 section 10) [2 May 1952] (11 of 1952 Schedule) Cap 277A reg 1 Citation These regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Products (Marketing) Regulations. (L.N. 126 of 1969) Cap 277A reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "collecting centre" (收集站) means any place from time to time designated as such by the Director by notice displayed in a wholesale vegetable market; "Kowloon Area" (九龙区) means Kowloon and New Kowloon; (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) "market register" (市场登记册) means the register of purchasers maintained by the market manager; "market salesman" (市场销售员) means the person appointed by the Director to make sales as the agent of sellers at a wholesale vegetable market; "New Territories Area" (新界区) means the New Territories excluding New Kowloon; (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) "vegetables" (蔬菜) includes all fresh, dried and salted vegetables and also, when intended for human consumption, any part of any kind of the following plants, namely, arrow head, arrow root, bamboo shoot, chilli, chrysanthemum, cress, ginger, Indian corn, lotus, papaya (green only), tomato, water chestnut and any condiment or flavouring plant; (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) "wholesale" (批发) means sale for resale; "wholesale vegetable market" (蔬菜批发市场) means a market established by the Director for the sale wholesale of vegetables. Cap 277A reg 3 Establishment of wholesale vegetable markets The Director may by notice in the Gazette establish wholesale vegetable markets in the Kowloon Area and in the New Territories Area. (L.N. 144 of 1973) Cap 277A reg 4 Restriction on movement of vegetables No person shall remove any vegetables- (a) from the New Territories Area; or (b) from one place in the Kowloon Area to any other place in such Area,except in accordance with a permit in writing issued by or on behalf of the Director. (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) Cap 277A reg 5 Control of wholesale of vegetables (1) No person shall, except under and in accordance with a permit in writing issued by or on behalf of the Director, sell vegetables wholesale in the Kowloon Area or in the New Territories Area, except at a wholesale vegetable market. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that the provisions of the New Territories Ordinance (Cap 97) shall apply to the sale of vegetables wholesale under a permit in writing issued by or on behalf of the Director. (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) Cap 277A reg 6 Refusal and cancellation of permits and conditions (1) The Director may refuse to issue any permit required under these regulations and may cancel any such permit at any time. (2) A permit issued under these regulations by the Director shall be subject to such conditions as the Director considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Ordinance. (3) A permit issued under these regulations on behalf of the Director by a person authorized in that behalf by the Director shall be subject to such conditions as the Director has approved, either generally or in the particular case, being conditions that the Director considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Ordinance. (G.N.A. 100 of 1962; L.N. 144 of 1973) Cap 277A reg 7 Saving Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to prevent or restrict within the New Territories Area or the Kowloon Area- (a) the sale retail of any vegetables by the producer thereof; (b) the sale retail of any vegetables purchased at a wholesale vegetable market; (c) the movement of any vegetables purchased retail or at a wholesale vegetable market. (G.N.A. 100 of 1962) Cap 277A reg 8 Market register and registration (1) The market manager shall maintain a register to be known as the market register of persons entitled to purchase vegetables at such market. (2) The market register shall be kept at the market office of every wholesale vegetable market. (3) The market register shall be available for inspection by any member of the public between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, except on Saturdays and general holidays. (4) An applicant for registration shall furnish to the market manager information as to his name, his business name if he carries on business in a name other than his own, his business and private address, and if such applicant be an employee or agent of another person in addition all the foregoing information relating to his employer or principal. (5) Entry upon and deletion of persons from the market register shall be made in the discretion of the market manager, subject to appeal to the Director. (6) The market manager may supply an identity badge to each person whose name is entered in the market register. Cap 277A reg 9 Person entitled to purchase at wholesale vegetable market No person may purchase vegetables at a wholesale vegetable market unless his name is included in the market register. Cap 277A reg 10 Sales at wholesale vegetable markets, etc. |