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APPENDIX 1

COMPETENT AUTHORITIES APPOINTED UNDER THE RESETTLEMENT ORDINANCE

The legal powers of the Resettlement Department are derived from the Resettlement Ordinance Cap. 304 and the Regulations made thereunder. 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 resettlement estates, resettlement factory arcas 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 two parts of the Ordinance to its Resettlement Policy Select Committec and Resettlement Manage- ment Select Committee. The latter, in turn, re-delegate such powers 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

Part IV

Competent Authorities under

the particular part of the Ordinance

1. Commissioner for Resettlement

(for the whole Colony)

2.

District Commissioner (for the New Territories)

3. General Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (for railway land)

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. Clearance of squatters and un- lawful structures from Crown land; also the exercise of certain functions in respect of Crown land held on lease or permit.

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

settlement.

1. Commissioner for Resettlement Letting of premises in resettle-

(for New Territories)

ment estates and resettlement factory areas, and management thereof.

2.

Urban Council (for Hong Kong

Part V

Part VA

Part VI

Island, Kowloon

Kowloon and New Kowloon)

1. Commissioner for Resettlement Management of cottage resettle-

(for New Territories)

2. Urban Council (for Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon)

ment areas.

Commissioner for Resettlement (for Occupation of Crown land by

the whole Colony)

homeless persons and others in

Class I, II and III areas.

Miscellaneous provisions.

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