CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES)

(KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER

(Cap. 259, section 4(1)

[4th February, 1972.]

1. This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and
Immunities) (Kingdom of Belgium) Order.

2. The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under
Article 32 in the First Schedule to the Ordinance to the residence of the
career head of a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a
career consular officer or a consular employee of the Kingdom of
Belgium of which the Kingdom of Belgium or any person acting on its
behalf is the owner.

3. (1) Paragraph 2 of Article 50 in the First Schedule to the
Ordinance (exemption from customs duties) shall be applied in regard to
consular employees of the Kingdom of Belgium who satisfy the
conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) as if the words 'in respect of
articles imported at the time of first installation' were omitted.

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that the
consular employee concerned

(a)is Not a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a pers who
is a British subject by virtue of section 2, 13 or 16
of the British Nationality Act 1948 or the British Nationality Act 1965,
or a British protected person within
the meaning the said Act of 1948; and

(b) does not carry on any private gainful occupation in
Hong Kong;and

(c) is not permanently resident in Hong Kong.
L.N. 11/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties.

L.N. 11/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties.

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