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CAP. 131]
Town Planning
[1974 Ed.
(Cap. 123.)
Approved plans
to serve as standards.
Power to make regulations.
Expenses of the Board.
Applications for permission in respect of plans. (59 of 1974.)
(2) Notification of any revocation or reference under sub- section (1) shall be published in the Gazette and noted by the Land Officer on the copy of the plan deposited under section 11.
(3) Upon any reference under subsection (1)(b), a new plan in replacement of the plan referred or any amendment to the plan referred, as the case may be, shall be prepared, exhibited, considered, submitted, approved and deposited in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Ordinance in like manner as the plan it replaces or amends and to this intent where the reference is under subsection (1)(b)(ii), the word "plan" in sections 4 to 11 shall be construed as referring to the plan showing the amendment.
(4) A plan referred to the Board shall be replaced by the new approved plan or read as one with any approved amendment, as the case may be. The Land Officer shall endorse accordingly the copy of the plan deposited under section 11 which has been replaced or amended.
(5) Any draft amendment prepared under subsection (3) shall be deemed to be a draft plan for the purposes of section 16(1)(d) of the Buildings Ordinance.
(Replaced, 3 of 1958, s. 2)
13. Approved plans shall be used by all public officers and bodies as standards for guidance in the exercise of any powers vested in them.
(Amended, 3 of 1958, s. 3)
14. The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purpose of facilitating the work of the Board and generally for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Ordinance into effect.
15. Any expense incurred with the sanction of the Governor by the Board in connexion with the exercise of its powers or the performance of its duties under this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder shall be met from moneys voted by the Legisla- tive Council.
16. (1) Where a draft plan or approved plan, whether prepared or approved before or after the commencement of the Town Planning (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance 1974, provides for the grant of permission for any purpose, an application for the grant of such permission shall be made to the Board.
(2) Any such application shall be addressed in writing to the secretary to the Board and shall be in such form and include such particulars as the Board thinks fit.
(3) The Board shall within 2 months of the receipt of the application, consider the same in the absence of the applicant and, subject to subsection (4), may grant or refuse to grant the permission applied for.