1980 Ed.]
Water Pollution Control
BA)
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(3) Section 19(3), and (4) shall apply for the purpose of publicly notifying an application for the renewal of a licence for the purposes of section 8(1)(a) or 8(1)(b) as if it were an application for a licence.
(4) The Authority may renew or refuse to renew the licence but in the case of an application for renewal of a licence for the purposes of section 8(1)(a) or 8(1)(b) shall not do so earlier than 30 days after the last notice is published in a newspaper pursuant to subsection (3).
(5) Subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 20 shall apply to the renewal of a licence as they apply to the grant or refusal of a licence under that section, but section 21 shall not apply on the renewal of a licence.
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24. (1) Subject to section 6(6), the Authority may, by notice in writing to a person who is making a discharge or deposit for which a licence is in force, exercise any of the powers set out in subsection (3) if he considers that-
(a) any part of the waters of Hong Kong are in such a condition as to constitute a danger to the health of the public, or a section of the public and the exercise of the power in relation to the discharge or deposit would tend to lessen that danger; or
(b) in the case of a licence for the purposes of section 9(1), the discharge or deposit may be harmful to the drainage or sewerage system, or any part thereof, or to the health or safety of any person engaged in the operation thereof.
Where neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) of subsection (1) apply to a discharge or deposit, the Authority may (by notice in writing as provided in that subsection) exercise any power set out in subsection (3), in relation to that discharge or deposit only with the prior approval of the Governor in Council, as to both the exercise and the manner of the exercise of the power, or with the agreement of the person who is making the discharge or deposit.
(3) The powers referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are---
(a)
(i) to impose new or amended terms and conditions subject to the observance of which, as from a specified date, the licence shall continue in force;
(ii) to declare the licence liable to cancellation at any time the person fails to observe any such term or condition;
(iii) to cancel the licence as from a specified date if the person fails to observe any such term or condition;
(b) to cancel the licence as from a specified date;
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Cancellation or variation of a licence.
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