WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE - minor amendment

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CHAPTER 358

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

1. The Water Pollution Control Ordinance came into operation
on 1 April 1981.

2. The Water Pollution Control Ordinance is amended-

(1) in section 2(1)--

(a)in the definition of 'Authority', by repealing 'Director of
Public Works' and substituting 'Director of Environ-
mental Protection';

(b)in the definition of 'Secretary', by repealing 'Secretary
for the Environment' and substituting 'Secretary for
Planning, Environment and Lands';

(2) in sections 4(3) and 6(2) by repealing 'Director of Public
Works' wherever occurring and substituting 'Director of
Environmental Protection';

(3) in section 8(3)--

(a) by repealing paragraph (b);

(b)in paragraph (e) by repealing sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii)
and substituting-
(ii) in accordance with the grant of a Crown lease
or as part of the execution of a reclamation or other
work of a public nature which has been authorized
under section 7 or 8 of the Foreshore and Sea-bed
(Reclamations) Ordinance (Cap. 127); (Replaced 63
of 1985 s. 21)

(4) in section 12(2) and (3) by repealing 'Agriculture and
Fisheries' wherever occurring and substituting 'Environmental
Protection';

(5) in section 25(1) by adding after 'compensation'--

to the person whose licence is cancelled or varied

(6) in section 26-

(a)in subsection (1) by repealing the full stop and substituting
'to the person who is making the discharge or deposit.';

(b) in subsection (2) by repealing the full stop and substituting
'to the person whose licence is cancelled or varied.';





(7) in section 36(2)-

(a)in paragraph (a) by repealing 'Pollution Control Officer'
and substituting 'Environmental Protection Officer';

(b)in paragraph (b) by repealing 'Assistant Pollution Control
Inspector' and substituting 'Environmental Protection
Assistant;

(8) in the Second Schedule-

(a)in paragraph 3 by repealing 'a tribunal; and the Authority
shall thereupon refer the claim with the particulars thereof
to a tribunal, consisting of a District Judge nominated by
the Chief Justice for the purpose.' and substituting-

the Lands Tribunal and the Authority shall thereupon
refer the claim with the particulars thereof to the
Lands Tribunal.

(b) by repealing paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9;

(c)in paragraph 8 by repealing 'tribunal' in both places
where it appears and substituting 'Lands Tribunal';

(9)in the Fourth Schedule by repealing 'Public Health and Urban
Services Ordinance' and substituting 'Public Health and
Municipal Services Ordinance';

(10) by repealing 'Environmental Protection Advisory Committee'
wherever occurring and substituting 'Environmental Pollution
Advisory Committee'.

3. The Water Pollution Control (Appeal Board) Regulations are
amended-

(1) in regulation 1 by substituting '1986' for '1985';

(2) in regulation 9(2)-

(a) by substituting 'regulation 16' for 'Part VII';

(b) by substituting '1986' for '1985'.

4. The Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations are
amended in the First Schedule-

(a)by repealing 'Pollution Control (Liquid and Solid Wastes)
Division, 9 Floor, Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building, 250
Shanghai Street, Kowloon,' and substituting 'Liquid
Waste Control Group, 25th Floor, Southorn Centre, 130
Hennessy Road, Wan Chai,';





(b) by repealing 'Secretary for Health and Welfare' and
substituting 'Secretary for Planning, Environment and
Lands';

(c) in the Chinese version, by repealing

and substituting respectively and
L.N. 87 of 1981 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 74 of 1986 L.N.244 of 1981 L.N. 370 of 1981 L.N. 18 of 1983 L.N. 244 of 1989 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 74 of 1989 42 of 1985 s. 2 63 of 1985 s. 21 L.N. 74 of 1986 42 of 1985 s. 3 42 of 1985 s. 4 58 of 1987 s. 15(2) 42 of 1985 s. 5 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) L.N. 165 of 1984 L.N. 283 of 1986 L.N. 244 of 1989

L.N. 87 of 1981 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 74 of 1986 L.N.244 of 1981 L.N. 370 of 1981 L.N. 18 of 1983 L.N. 244 of 1989 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 74 of 1989 42 of 1985 s. 2 63 of 1985 s. 21 L.N. 74 of 1986 42 of 1985 s. 3 42 of 1985 s. 4 58 of 1987 s. 15(2) 42 of 1985 s. 5 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) L.N. 165 of 1984 L.N. 283 of 1986 L.N. 244 of 1989

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