WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Ord. No. 41/80
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HONG KONG
No. 41 OF 1980
I assent.
L.S.
MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
Governor.
10 July 1980.
An Ordinance to control the pollution of the waters of Hong Kong.
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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council thereof.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Water Pollution Control Short title and Ordinance 1980 and, subject to section 7, shall come into operation on commencement. a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "Appeal Board" means an Appeal Board constituted under Part VI; "Authority" means-
(a) in relation to a water control zone, a public officer appointed
by the Governor under section 4(1)(b) for that zone;
(b) in relation to the powers, functions and duties mentioned in
section 4(3), the Director of Public Works;
"existing deposit", in relation to a water control zone, means a deposit
of matter which-
(a) was made, whether or not regularly or continuously, in any place and which is, or of which a component is, likely to enter the waters of Hong Kong or into inland waters or a public sewer or public drain in that zone; and
(b) was so made during the period of 12 months ending with the day appointed by the Governor by order under section 7(2) which applies to that zone and that deposit;
"existing discharge", in relation to a water control zone, means a dis- charge of matter which was made, whether or not regularly or continuously-
(a) into the waters of Hong Kong or into inland waters; or
(b) into a public sewer or public drain,
in that zone during the period of 12 months ending with the day appointed by the Governor by order under section 7(2) which applies to that zone and that discharge;
"inland waters" means any river, stream, watercourse, lake, pool or pond, whether natural or artificial or above or below ground, and the bed or channel of any such river, stream, watercourse, lake, pool or pond which is for the time being dry, but excluding-
(a) a lake, pool or pond the waters of which do not enter (whether directly or by way of another lake, pool or pond) any river,
Interpretation.