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Town Planning
[1988 Ed.
(7) For the purposes of section 16(1)(d) and (da) of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123), anything permitted by the Board under this section shall not be a contravention of any approved plan or draft plan prepared under this Ordinance. (Amended, 2 of 1988, s. 6)
(Added, 59 of 1974, s. 3)
Right of review
17. (1) Where the Board refused to grant permission under section 16, the applicant may, within 21 days of being notified of the decision of the Board, apply in writing to the secretary to the Board for a review of the Board's decision.
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the secretary to the Board shall fix a time and place for the review, which shall be a day not more than 3 months of the receipt of the application, and shall give 14 days' notice thereof to the applicant.
(3) On a review under this section the applicant or his authorized representative may attend before the Board and shall be given an opportunity to make representations.
(4) If the applicant or an authorized representative does not attend at the time and place fixed for the review, the Board may proceed with the review or adjourn it.
(5) On a review under this section the Board shall consider any written representations submitted by the applicant.
(6) On a review under this section, the Board may, subject to section 16(4), grant or refuse to grant the permission applied for and may exercise the powers conferred by section 16(5).
(7) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Board on a review under this section may appeal by way of petition to the Governor in Council whose decision on such appeal shall be final.
(Added, 59 of 1974, s. 3)
Amendment of diagrams, etc.
18. (1) Where a draft plan prepared before the commencement of the Town Planning (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance 1974 (59 of 1974), whether it has been approved under section 9 or not, contains, or is accompanied by, diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter, the Board may, for the purpose of removing any uncertainty,--
(a) amend such diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter; or
(b) replace such diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter with such other diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter as it thinks fit,
and the amended or new diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter shall be, and shall be deemed always validly to have been, part of the plan.