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PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, 1960.

(No. 30 of 1960).

Bathing Beach (New Territories) REGULATIONS, 1960.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 109 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Bathing Beach (New Citation and Taritories) Regulations, 1960, and shall come into operation on the commence- day appointed for the commencement of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960.

ment.

2. In these regulations, save where the context otherwise Interpreta- requires

"bathing beach" means any bathing beach which is specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Ordinance and which is simated in the New Territories:

"Director" means the Director of Urban Services.

tion.

3 (1) The Director may, from time to time, for the purpose Temporary

of the cleansing of any bathing beach or in the interests of the health closure of

or safety of persons using any such beach-

(a) close, or cause to be closed, to the public any such beach or

any part of any such beach; or

(b) restrict, or cause to be restricted, the use of any such beach

or any part of any such beach,

for such period as he may consider necessary having regard to the cincurustances.

(2) Any such closure of, or restriction of the use of, a bathing beach shall be effected by the posting of a notice to that effect in any conspicuous manner on the beach.

4. No person shall, on any bathing beach-

breaches,

Protection of beaches.

(e) do any act which is likely to endanger, obstruct, inconvenience

or annoy any other person using the beach; or

(6) do any act which is likely to damage, foul, litter, deface or disorder the beach or any thing situated thereon, or to pollute

the water adjacent to the beach.

5. Save with the consent of the Government (which may be Erection of granted on payment of such fee as the Government thinks fit) or by beach virtue of a lease from the Crown or an agreement for the grant by structures.