WASTE DISPOSAL
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Ord. No. 8/80
"waste disposal authority" means-
WASTE DISPOSAL
Ord. No. 8/80
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Preparation of draft waste disposal plans.
Representations concerning draft
waste disposal plan.
(a) in respect of animal waste, the Director of Agricultur
Fisheries; and
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(b) in respect of all other classes of waste, the Director of Public
Works;
"waste disposal licence" means a licence under section 16.
(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.
PART II
Waste DISPOSAL PLAN
3. (1) The Secretary for the Environment shall, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee and the Urban Council and having regard to their views, prepare draft plans showing- (a) the arrangements made or proposed to be made for the 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 pre- scribed; 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 the Environment 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 repre-
sentations concerning the draft plan may be made.
(3) Where the Secretary for the Environment publishes a notice under subsection (1) he shall not later than 7 days thereafter publish a copy of the notice in 3 issues of one English language and of two Chinese language newspapers.
(4) A copy of the draft plan shall be available for inspection by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Secretary for the Environment thinks fit for a period of 45 days from the date of publication of a notice under subsection (1) and during the hours when those offices are normally open to the public.
(5) The Secretary for the Environment shall supply a copy of the draft plan upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
4. (1) Any person wishing to make representations concerning a draft waste disposal plan may, within a period of 45 days from the date of publication of a notice under section 3(2), submit to the Secretary for the Environment his written representations.
(2) The Secretary for the Environment shall consider such representa- nd may make any change to the draft plan which he considers Fiate in consequence of the representations.
5. The Secretary for the Environment shall, within 12 months from Submission of the last day of the period during which representations may be made, draft waste
disposal plan to submit the draft waste disposal plan to the Governor in Council for Governor in approval and shall at the same time submit-
(a) a schedule of representations made under section 4; and (b) a schedule of the changes made by him to the draft waste dis-
posal plan in consequence of the representations.
6.
Council.
(1) Upon submission of a draft waste disposal plan under Power of section 5, the Governor in Council shall-
(a) approve the draft plan;
(b) refuse to approve it; or
(c) refer it back to the Secretary for the Environment for further
consideration and amendment.
(2) Where the Governor in Council has either approved or refused to approve a draft waste disposal plan, the Secretary for the Environment shall as soon as possible after such approval or refusal give notice thereof in the Gazette of such approval or refusal; and where the draft plan has been approved he shall also publish in the Gazette a notice declaring the plan to be a waste disposal plan.
(3) A copy of any waste disposal plan shall be available for inspec- tion by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Secretary for the Environment thinks fit during the hours when the offices are normally open to the public.
(4) The Secretary for the Environment shall supply a copy of any waste disposal plan upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
Governor in Council upon submission of draft waste disposal plan.
7. The Secretary for the Environment may from time to time revise Revision of any waste disposal plan and sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall apply to any waste disposal revision in like manner as they apply to a waste disposal plan.
plans.
8. In discharging their duties and functions under this Ordinance, Collection the collection authorities and the waste disposal authorities shall have authorities and regard to the waste disposal plans.
waste disposal authorities to have regard to waste disposal plans.
PART III
COLLECTION of Waste
9.
Subject to this Part, the collection authority may provide services Provision of
for-
collection and scavenging
(a) the removal and disposal of household waste, street waste, trade services.
waste and animal waste;
(b) the cleansing and emptying of pail latrines;
(c) the desludging of aqua privies and septic tanks; and
(d) the removal and disposal of excretal matter from such latrines,
privies and tanks.
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