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the Water Pollution Control Ordinance. This intention
was not achieved and the possibility exists that an unscrupul-
ous operator could escape effective controls altogether by
simply adding a small quantity of oil to his effluent. The
deletion of section 8 (3) (b) of the principal ordinance will
remove this danger.
4.
In addition, as the law stands at present, some oily
discharges from souces on land, although they may be
licensed under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance,
would also be subject to the oil pollution controls. in
the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance. It is clearly
undesirable that a discharge which is lawful by virtue of
a licence granted under one Ordinance should fall foul of
another. This anomaly will be removed by Clause 6 (2) of
the Bill.
5.
Secondly the Bill seeks to specify who may claim
compensation following the cancellation or variation of a
licence or an exemption in respect of a discharge or
deposit of matter into a Water Control Zone.
6.
Thirdly, the Bill provides that, in the event of
disagreement over the amount of compensation, the dispute
would be referred to the Lands Tribunal for determination.
After careful consideration the conclusion has been reached
that the existing Lands Tribunal is the most appropriate body
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