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(b) in the case of an exemption from section 9 or a licence for the purposes of that section, the discharge or deposit may be harmful to the operation of any sewage treatment plant.
(6) The Authority shall comply with any direction given to him under subsection (4) and the discretion conferred on the Authority by section 17(1), 20(4) or 24(1) shall not apply to any discharge or deposit in respect of which such a direction is in force.
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PART III
PROHIBITED DISCHARGES AND DEPOSITS
7. (1) Notwithstanding that this Ordinance has come into operation by virtue of a notice under section 1, neither section 8(1)(a), nor section 8(1)(b) nor section 9(1) shall apply-
(a) to any discharge or deposit, not being an existing discharge or existing deposit, which would otherwise be prohibited by those sections until the day appointed by the Governor under subsection (2) which applies to that discharge or deposit;
(b) to an existing discharge or existing deposit which would otherwise be prohibited by those sections until the day appointed by the Governor under subsection (3) which applies to that discharge or deposit.
(2) The Governor may from time to time by order published in the Gazette which is declared to be applicable to any water control zone appoint a day by reference to which the following shall be classified as an existing discharge or existing deposit for the purposes of this Ordinance-
(a) the discharge of any matter, or any specified category of discharge, into the waters of Hong Kong or inland waters in that zone, being a discharge within the prohibitions in section 8(1);
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(b) the deposit of any matter, or any specified category of deposit, which, or a component of which, is likely to enter the waters of Hong Kong or inland waters in that zone, being a deposit within the prohibitions in section 8(1);
(c) the discharge of any matter, or any specified category of discharge, into a public sewer or public drain in that zone, being a discharge within the prohibition in section 9(1);
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(d) the deposit of any matter, or any specified category of deposit, which, or a component of which, is likely to enter a public sewer or public drain.
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