AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 311, section 43)

[20 January 1989]

L.N. 10 of 1989 -


1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Air Pollution Control (Fuel
Restriction) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

in these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
'modified', in relation to a relevant plant or chimney, includes a change to, or a
replacement of, all or part of the relevant plant or chimney.

3. Application

These regulations do not apply to a relevant plant that-
(a)is in premises used solely as a dwelling;
(b)is used in or on a vessel, motor vehicle, railway locomotive or
aircraft;
(c)is used for construction work, as defined in section 2 of the Noise
Control Ordinance (Cap. 400);
(d)is intended for use during an emergency, or is used during an
emergency; or
(e)uses fuel that has a sulphur content that exceeds 1 % by weight
and was installed before 1 October 1978 unless, since that date, it
or its chimney has been modified.

4. Maximum sulphur content of fuel

(1) An owner or operator of a relevant plant shall not use fuel that has a
sulphur content of more than 1 % by weight in a relevant plant in the areas in
Fanling/Sha Tau Kok, Junk Bay, Port Shelter and Tai Po delineated and
bound by a blue line on Plan No. FR/50/1, Plan No. FR/50/2, Plan No.
FR/50/3 and Plan No. FR/50/5 respectively signed by the Secretary for Health
and Welfare and dated 27 October 1988.





(2) The plans shall be available for inspection at the Land Office at
Victoria during normal business hours.

5. Gaseous fuel only

(1) An owner or operator of a relevant plant shall not use fuel other than
gaseous fuel in a relevant plant in the area in Sha Tin delineated and bound by
a blue line on Plan No. FR/50/4 signed by the Secretary for Health and Welfare
and dated 27 October 1988.
(2) The plan shall be available for inspection at the Land Office at
Victoria during normal business hours.

6. 0ffence

An owner or operator of a relevant plant who contravenes regulation 4 or
5 commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and in
addition, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each day on which the offence
continues.

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