Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 72B

Declaration of extreme urgency for public health problem

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, for the purposes of applying
sections 72C to 72J, by notice published in the Gazette declare a period of
extreme urgency whenever the Chief Executive in Council considers it to be
necessary or expedient in the public interest to do so to address any public
health problem or threatened public health problem in Hong Kong. <* Note-Exp. x-Ref: Sections 72C, 72D, 72E, 72F, 72G, 72H, 
 72I, 72J *>

(2) Where a period of extreme urgency has been declared under subsection (1),
the Chief Executive in Council shall review from time to time, or cause to be
reviewed from time to time, the public health problem or the threatened public
health problem leading to the declaration.

(3) The period of extreme urgency declared under subsection (1) continues to
run until such a date as may be specified by the Chief Executive in Council by
notice published in the Gazette terminating the period of extreme urgency.

(4) A notice published under subsection (1) or (3) is subsidiary legislation.
(Part IXA added 21 of 2007 s. 5)