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APPENDIX II

(See para. 23)

COMPETENT AUTHORITIES APPOINTED UNDER THE

RESETTLEMENT ORDINANCE

The legal powers of the Resettlement Department are derived from the Resettlement Ordinance No. 16 of 1958 and the Regulations made thereunder which replace the Emergency Regulations previously in force. Under sections 23 and 36, the Governor has appointed the Urban Council to be the Competent Authority in the urban areas for Parts IV and V of the Ordinance which provide for the letting of premises in reset- tlement estates, resettlement factory areas and cottage resettlement areas, and for certain other managerial functions. At the first meeting of the Council year in April, the Urban Council delegates such powers as are provided by these 2 parts of the Ordinance to its Resettlement Policy Select Committee and Resettlement Management Select Committee. The latter, in turn, re-delegates such powers to the Commissioner for Resettlement. The Urban Council has delegated its powers to appoint ‘authorized officers' to the Commissioner for Resettlement. The following table shows in detail the various Competent Authorities under the Resettlement Ordinance:—

Parts of the Resettlement

Ordinance

Part I

Part II

Part III

Competent Authorities under the particular part of the Ordinance

Main Provisions of the part of the Ordinance

Definition of terms connected with Resettlement, publication of notices and directions, delega- tion and exercise of powers.

(1) Commissioner for Resettlement Clearance of squatters and un- (for the Urban area including lawful structures from Crown New Kowloon and Tsuen Wan land; also the exercise of certain District of the New Territories) functions in respect of Crown

Land held on lease or permit.

(2) District Commissioner (for the rest of the New Territories except New Kowloon).

(3) General Manager of the Kow-

loon-Canton

railway land).

do

do, except that no leased Railway (for land is involved.

Commissioner for Resettlement (for Screening of persons before re- the whole Colony)

settlement.

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