Chief Executive in Council

“ For the purposes of subsection (1) , the factors are—
(a) the extent and pattern (whether general or specific) of the spread of the specified disease in Hong Kong or anywhere else in the world; (b) the need to alleviate the effects of the specified disease on the social or economic activities in Hong Kong; (c) the availability of resources to achieve the specified purposes; (d) the urgency of achieving the specified purposes; (e) the qualifications or experience of the person, or the category or description of persons, in relation to whom the exemption is to be granted ”

“ The object of this Regulation is to empower the Chief Secretary for Administration to grant exemptions from any requirement under any enactment for preventing, protecting against, delaying or otherwise controlling the incidence or transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or treating patients with the disease. ”