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Water Pollution Control

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3. (1) The Governor may give such directions as he thinks fit, either generally or in any particular case, with respect to the exercise or performance by the Secretary or an Authority of any powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance.

(2) The Secretary and an Authority shall, in the exercise or performance of their respective powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance, comply with any directions given by the Governor under subsection (1).

Governor may

give directions.

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PART II

WATER CONTROL ZONES AND WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES

4. (1) The Governor in Council may by order published in the Gazette------

(a) after consultation with the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee, declare any part of Hong Kong to be a water control zone for the purposes of this Ordinance;

(b) designate a public officer by name or office to be the Authority for any water control zone and as such, subject to subsection (3), to exercise and perform in respect of that zone the functions, powers and duties conferred on the Authority by this Ordinance.

(2) An order under subsection (1)(b) may, subject to sub- section (3), designate different public officers to be Authorities for a water control zone in relation to the discharge or deposit of any specified classes or descriptions of matter or matter resulting from the operation of specified classes or descriptions of trade or industry.

(3) Notwithstanding any designation under subsection (1)(b), the Director of Public Works shall be the Authority for the

Water control zones and Authorities therefor.

purposes of enforcing the prohibition in section 9 and exercising Communal

and performing any power, function or duty under this Ordinance in relation to discharges into public sewers and public drains.

(4) An order under subsection (1) shall, for each water control zone constituted thereby-

(a) make reference to a plan or map of that zone deposited

in the Land Office at Victoria; or

(b) sufficiently describe the zone by other means.

5. (1) The Secretary shall, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee, establish for the waters of Hong Kong in each water control zone a water quality objective or different objectives for different parts of a zone.

67/405.22.

Secretary to establish quality objectives.