CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNTTIES)
(SPANISH STATE) ORDER

(Cap. 259, section 4(1)

[4th February, 1972.]

1. This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and
Immunities) (Spanish State) 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
consular officer of the Spanish State of which the Spanish State or any
person acting on its behalf is the owner.

3. (1) Except in respect of importations of consumable goods (such
as wines, spirits and tobacco), 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 Spanish State 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, provided
that no such consular employee shall have in his possession or use at
any time more than one vehicle in respect of which exemption from
customs duty has been given on importation.

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

(is Spanish subject, and is not a citizen of the United

Kingdom and Colonies, a person 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 of 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; and

(d) is in receipt of regular emoluments from the Spanish State.
L.N. 21/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties. (1948 c. 56.) (1965 c. 34.)

L.N. 21/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties. (1948 c. 56.) (1965 c. 34.)

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