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CAP. 358]
Water Pollution Control
[1980 Ed.
Authority to seek to achieve quality objectives.
67/905.22.
(2) The water quality objective for any particular waters shall be the quality which, in the opinion of the Secretary, should be achieved and maintained in order to promote the conservation and best use of those waters in the public interest.
(3) Any water quality objective may be amended from time to time by the Secretary, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee.
67/905.12.
(4) A statement of every water quality objective established under subsection (1) and all amendments thereto, signed by the Secretary, shall be published in the Gazette and shall be kept with the register and made available for inspection by the public free of charge at the same times as the register is so available.
(5) Where under subsection (1) the Secretary establishes different water quality objectives for different parts of a water control zone he shall ensure that the statement thereof kept with the register pursuant to subsection (4) sufficiently delineates each part of the water control zone.
6. (1) The Secretary shall in writing notify an Authority of the objective or objectives of quality established for a water control zone for which that Authority is responsible and of any amendment thereof under section 5(3).
Environmental Protection (2) The Secretary shall notify the Director of Public Works of all water quality objectives and of any amendment thereof under section 5(3).
(3) Each Authority shall exercise and perform his powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance with the aim of achieving the relevant water quality objectives as soon as is reasonably practicable and thereafter maintaining the quality so achieved.
(4) If in the opinion of the Secretary the achievement or maintenance of any water quality objective would be better served by the exercise by the Authority of any of his powers under section 17, 20(4) or 24, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (5), give directions in writing to the Authority as to the manner in which he shall exercise those powers; and, in the case of a direction which relates to section 20(4), any such direction may be of a general nature or relate to a particular case or particular cases.
(5) The Secretary shall not give any direction under subsection (4) as to the manner in which an Authority shall exercise the powers in section 17 or 24 in relation to a discharge or deposit unless 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 powers in relation to that discharge or deposit would tend to lessen the danger; or
6
CAP. 358]
Water Pollution Control
[1980 Ed.
Authority to seek to achieve quality objectives.
671905.22.
(2) The water quality objective for any particular waters shall be the quality which, in the opinion of the Secretary, should be achieved and maintained in order to promote the conservation and best use of those waters in the public interest.
(3) Any water quality objective may be amended from time to time by the Secretary, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee.
67/905.12.
(4) A statement of every water quality objective established under subsection (1) and all amendments thereto, signed by the Secretary, shall be published in the Gazette and shall be kept with the register and made available for inspection by the public free of charge at the same times as the register is so available.
(5) Where under subsection (1) the Secretary establishes different water quality objectives for different parts of a water control zone he shall ensure that the statement thereof kept with the register pursuant to subsection (4) sufficiently delineates each part of the water control zone.
6. (1) The Secretary shall in writing notify an Authority of the objective or objectives of quality established for a water control zone for which that Authority is responsible and of any amendment thereof under section 5(3).
Znvironmental Protection (2) The Secretary shall notify the Director of Publie-Works of all water quality objectives and of any amendment thereof under section 5(3).
(3) Each Authority shall exercise and perform his powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance with the aim of achiev- ing the relevant water quality objectives as soon as is reasonably practicable and thereafter maintaining the quality so achieved.
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(4) If in the opinion of the Secretary the achievement or maintenance of any water quality objective would be better served by the exercise by the Authority of any of his powers under section N, 20(4) or 24, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (5), give directions in writing to the Authority as to the manner in which he shall exercise those powers; and, in the case of a direction which relates to section 20(4), any such direction may be of a general nature or relate to a particular case or particular cases.
(5) The Secretary shall not give any direction under sub- section (4) as to the manner in which an Authority shall exercise the powers in section 17 or 24 in relation to a discharge or deposit unless 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 powers in relation to that discharge or deposit would tend to lessen the danger; or
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