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(d) require fees to be paid in respect of the applications referred to in paragraph (a) and any other matter provided for in this Ordinance;

(e) prescribe anything which is to be or may be prescribed under any regulation made under this section; and

(f) provide for incidental, consequential and transitional provisions that are necessary or expedient in consequence of the regulations.

(3) A regulation made under this section may—

(a) make different provisions for—

(i) different classes, kinds or descriptions of chemicals; and

(ii) different purposes, circumstances or cases; and

(b) provide that a contravention of the regulation shall be an offence and may, in respect of the offence, provide for a penalty of a fine not exceeding level 3 and imprisonment for 1 year.

46. Power of Secretary to make regulations—Fees

(1) The Secretary may by regulation prescribe the fees payable under this Ordinance.

(2) Without affecting the generality of section 29 of the Interpretation of General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1), a regulation made under subsection (1) may make different provisions for—

(a) different classes, kinds or descriptions of chemicals; and

(b) different purposes, circumstances or cases.

47. Exemptions

(1) The Secretary may, in any particular case, exempt in writing any person or chemical, or any class of persons or chemicals, from any provision of this Ordinance.

(2) An exemption under this section may be granted subject to such conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate.

48. Delegation

(1) The Secretary may in writing delegate any of his functions under section 47 to a public officer.

(2) The Director may in writing delegate any of his functions under this Ordinance, other than the functions under this subsection and section 38, to a public officer.

(3) In this section, “functions” (職能) includes powers and duties.