(f) a slightly revised priority list for resettlement accommodation
should come into force;
(g) 425,000 individual units of resettlement accommodation should be constructed between 1st April, 1968 and 31st March, 1974.
CHAPTER 2
CONSTITUTIONAL
LEGISLATION
25. The legal powers of the Resettlement Department derive from the Resettlement Ordinance, Cap. 304, and Regulations made there- under, which replaced the Emergency Regulations previously in force. The Ordinance defines a Squatter as 'any person who occupies any land without lawful authority or without the consent of the person entitled to the beneficial occupation of such land'. The main provisions of Part II of the Ordinance empower a competent authority to clear squatters and unlawful structures from Crown land, and confer certain powers upon him in respect of Crown land held on lease or permit. Under this part of the Ordinance the Commissioner for Resettlement is the competent authority for the urban areas (including New Kowloon) and Tsuen Wan; for the rest of the New Territories (except New Kowloon) the District Commissioner acts as competent authority, while the General Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway is the competent authority for railway land. Part III deals with the screen- ing of persons before resettlement, the Commissioner for Resettlement being the competent authority for the whole Colony. Parts IV and V are concerned respectively with the letting and management of resettlement estates and resettlement factory areas, and of cottage resettlement areas. The competent authorities for these sections are the Commissioner for Resettlement in respect of the New Territories, and the Urban Council for Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon. Part VA deals with the occupation of Crown land by home- less persons and certain others, that is, with licensed areas. Appendix 2 summarizes the provisions of each part of the Ordinance and the competent authorities exercising powers under them in the various. parts of the Colony.
26. Amendments made to the Resettlement Ordinance and Regula- tions during the year included provision for: land to be let by permit
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