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Water Pollution Control

[1980 Ed.

"inland waters" means any river, stream, watercourse, lake, pool or pond, whether natural or artificial or above or below ground, and the bed or channel of any such river, stream, watercourse, lake, pool or pond which is for the time being dry, but excluding

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(a) a lake, pool or pond the waters of which do not enter (whether directly or by way of another lake, pool or pond) any river, stream or watercourse or the territorial waters or tidal waters of Hong Kong unless the lake, pool or pond is brought within this definition by regula- tions made under section 46(1)(I);

(b) waters in any waterworks within the definition of water-

works in section 2 of the Waterworks Ordinance;

(c) any drain or sewer;

"licence" means a licence granted under section 20;

"public drain" means a drain which is vested in and maintained

by the Government as a public utility;

"public sewer" means a sewer which is vested in and maintained

by the Government as a public utility;

"register" means a register required to be kept under section 42;

Health and welfare

“Secretary" means the Secretary for the Environment; Planning, Environment and

"water control zone" means any part of Hong Kong declared to

be a water control zone under section 4;

"water quality objective" means a water quality objective estab-

lished by the Secretary under section 5;

"waters of Hong Kong" means all inland waters, territorial waters and tidal waters of Hong Kong and in sections 5(1), 6(5)(a), 13(1), 17, 24 and 29(4)(a) includes the flora and fauna thereof.

(2) References in this Ordinance to discharging or making a discharge of matter into the waters of Hong Kong or into inland waters or into a public sewer or public drain are references to causing or permitting that matter to enter those waters or the 67/905.22. public sewer or public drain (whether by emitting, throwing, plac- ing or by any other means) at the place where the matter first enters the same.

(3) References in this Ordinance to discharging or making a discharge of matter into the waters of Hong Kong or into inland waters or into a public sewer or public drain in the water control zone include causing or permitting matter to be deposited in any place (whether in that zone or elsewhere) in circumstances where the matter, or any component of it, is likely to enter the waters of Hong Kong or inland waters in that zone or to enter the publig sewer or public drain within a reasonably foreseeable time by falling, descending, percolating or being carried by wind or water.

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