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Reduction etc., of charges.
CAP. 102]
Waterworks
[1974 Ed.
22. The Water Authority may in any particular case reduce, waive or refund, in whole or in part, a charge.
PART V
Mapping of gathering grounds.
(Cap. 128.)
(Cap. 97.)
Control of leased land in gathering grounds.
GATHERING GROUNDS
23. (1) The Water Authority shall prepare maps showing all gathering grounds existing at the commencement of this Ordinance.
(2) Where a new gathering ground, or an extension of a gathering ground mapped under this section, is required for the purpose of extending or augmenting a supply, the Water Authority shall, after giving consideration to the preservation of traditional rights of any person to take water for agricultural and domestic purposes-
(a) mark the limits or area of the new gathering ground on any map prepared under this section;
(b) prepare a new map for the new gathering ground; or
(c) alter the limits or area of the gathering ground on any map prepared under this section.
(3) Where there has been a reduction in the area of any gathering ground, the Water Authority shall accordingly alter the limits or area of that gathering ground on any map prepared under this section.
(4) Any map prepared, or any additions or alterations made thereto, under this section shall be signed and dated by the Water Authority.
(5) A map of a gathering ground prepared under this section shall be deposited---
(a) if the map is in respect of a gathering ground in Hong Kong (other than the New Territories), in the Land Office established under the Land Registration Ordinance;
(b) if the map is in respect of a gathering ground in the New Territories, in the appropriate New Territories Land Office within the meaning of section 10(2) of the New Territories Ordinance.
(6) A notice of a map prepared under this section and of any additions or alterations made thereto shall be published in the Gazette together with the address of the Land Office in which the map is deposited under subsection (5).
24. (1) The Governor may by notice in writing require a lessee of land within a gathering ground to drain, treat, or develop his leased land, in such manner as the Governor may specify, for