EMERGENCY (REQUISITION) (USE OF LAND BY HER MAJESTY'S MILITARY FORCES) (CALFS HEAD) ORDER

EMERGENCY (REQUISITION) (USE OF LAND BY HER MAJESTY'S MILITARY FORCES) (CALFS HEAD) ORDER

EMERGENCY (REQUISITION) (USE OF LAND BY
HER MAJESTY'S MILITARY FORCES) (CALFS
(CALFS HEAD) ORDER.

(Regulation 6 of the Emergency (Requisition) Regulations).

[27th March, 1953.1

1. This order may be cited as the Emergency (Requisition) (Use of
Land by Her Majesty's Military Forces) (Calfs Head) Order.

2. In this order

'Commanding Officer' means the officer in command of the Firing Area;

'Firing Area' means the area of land at CALFS HEAD more particularly
described and delineated in the First Schedule as the CALFS HEAD
Field Firing Range;

'Forces' means Her Majesty's Military Forces.

3. Subject to the provisions of this order the Forces are authorized
to use the Firing Area on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in each
week and between the following hours-namely 8.00 a.m. and 1 p.m. of
such days.

4. The use of the Firing Area as a field firing range by the Forces
shall be subject to the conditions specified in the Second Schedule.

5. Notice that practice field firing is about to take place on the
Firing Area shall be subject to the conditions specified in the Third
Schedule.

6. No person shall be or remain upon the Firing Area while it is
being used as a field firing range without the prior permission of the
Commanding Officer.

7. All map references specified in the Schedules are taken from
Edition I-GSGS, Series L.681.

FIRST SCHEDULE. [para. 2.]

The CALFS HEAD Field Firing Range.

All that area of land situate at CALFS HEAD and bounded by a line starting at
a point map reference KV16317664 to a point in the direction of 220 degrees map
reference KV16167635,

thence to a point in the direction of 258 degrees map reference KV15627639,





thence to a point in the direction of 320 degrees map reference KV15207701,
thence to a point in the direction of 044 degrees map reference KV15837762,
thence to a point in the direction of 048 degrees map reference KV16137788,
thence to a point in the direction of 162 degrees map reference KV16347722,
thence to a point in the direction of 146 degrees map reference KV16537690,
thence to starting point in the direction 216 degrees.

SECOND SCHEDULE. [para. 4]

Conditions of Use.

1. The target shall be confined to that area of land bounded

By a line starting at a point map reference KV16317664 to a point
in the direction of 220 degrees map reference KV16127652, thence
in the direction of 278 degrees map reference KV15807653, thence
in the direction of 353 degrees map reference KV15817685, thence
in the direction of 014 degrees map reference KV15947728, thence
in the direction of 138 degrees map reference KV16407670, thence
to starting point in the direction of 215 degrees.

2. The Forces shall make and maintain such fire breaks around the target area
as may be deemed necessary by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries.

3. The Forces shall be prepared to take and shall take immediate action to
extinguish any fire started outside the target area during the course of or as a result
of practice field firing.

4. (1) The Forces shall pay to the owners or lessees thereof, compensation for
damage or loss caused to forestry lot trees or crops by the use of the Firing Area as
a field range.

(2) Such compensation shall be assessed by the District Commissioner, New
Territories, in consultation with the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries.

THIRD SCHEDULE. [p~ra. 5.1

Notice ofPractice field firing.

1. (1) Notice that field firing is taking place in the Firing Area shall be given
by the display of signals hereinafter mentioned.

(2) Such signals shall be displayed one hour before firing is due to commence.

(3) In all cases signals shall remain displayed until firing has ceased and shall
then be removed.





2. The Commanding Officer shall give notice to the District Commissioner,
New Territories and to the Police Officer in charge of Sai Kung Police Station,
seven days before practice field firing takes place.

3. The signals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be a large red flag flown hoisted
at the following points(i) KV15627639 (ii) KV15207701

(iii) KV15837762
(iv) KV16137788
(y) KV16347722
(vi) KV16317664.
G.N.A. 60/53. 29 of 1958. Citation. Interpretation. First Schedule. Forces authorized to use land. Condition of use. Second Schedule. Notice of practice field firing. Third Schedule. Entry upon Firing Area by unauthorized persons prohibited. Map references. 29 of 1958, Schedule. 29 of 1958, Schedule. 29 of 1958, Schedule. Locations of target area. Construction of fire breaks. Control of fires. Compensation for damage to forestry lot trees and crop. Notice of practice field firing to be given by display of signals. Notice of practice field firing to be given to District Commissioner, New Territories. Description and location of signals.

G.N.A. 60/53. 29 of 1958. Citation. Interpretation. First Schedule. Forces authorized to use land. Condition of use. Second Schedule. Notice of practice field firing. Third Schedule. Entry upon Firing Area by unauthorized persons prohibited. Map references. 29 of 1958, Schedule. 29 of 1958, Schedule. 29 of 1958, Schedule. Locations of target area. Construction of fire breaks. Control of fires. Compensation for damage to forestry lot trees and crop. Notice of practice field firing to be given by display of signals. Notice of practice field firing to be given to District Commissioner, New Territories. Description and location of signals.

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