1987 Ed.]
Waste Disposal
[CAP. 354
"Urban Council area" has the meaning assigned to it in the District Boards Ordinance; (Added, 8 of 1986, s. 8)
"waste" means any substance or article which is abandoned;
"waste collection licence" means a licence under section 10;
"waste disposal authority", in respect of all classes of waste, means the Director; (Replaced, L.N. 74/86)
"waste disposal licence" means a licence under section 16;
"waste treatment plant" means a plant at which waste is treated for the purpose of removing therefrom (wholly or in part) pollutants contained therein. (Added, 58 of 1987, s. 2)
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance any substance or article which is discarded or otherwise dealt with as waste shall be presumed to be waste until the contrary is proved.
(Cap. 366.)
PART II
WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN
Planning, Environment and Lands 3. (1) The Secretary for Health and Welfare shall, after consultation with the Environmental Pollution Advisory Committee, the Urban Council in relation to the Urban Council area and the Regional Council in relation to the Regional Council area, and having regard to their views, prepare draft plans showing- (Amended, L.N. 165/84 and 8 of 1986, s. 8)
(a) the arrangements made or proposed to be made for the
(i) collection and disposal of-
(i) all solid and semi-solid wastes other than those which may be discharged into the atmosphere as particulates or discharged into water as solids suspended in effluents; and
(ii) such other wastes, or classes of waste, as may be prescribed; and
(b) all existing and proposed waste disposal sites and the
methods of waste disposal used or to be used at each site.
(2) Where the Secretary for Health and Welfare has prepared a draft waste disposal plan under subsection (1) he shall publish in the Gazette a notice in English and in Chinese-
(a) giving particulars of the places and times at which a copy of the draft plan may be inspected by the public; and
(b) specifying the time within which and the manner in which representations concerning the draft plan may be made.
(3) Where the Secretary for Health and Welfare publishes a notice under subsection (1) he shall not later than 7 days thereafter publish a copy of the notice in 3 issues of 1 English language and of 2 Chinese language newspapers.
IN244/89.
Preparation of draft waste disposal plans.
2N242/89
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