Hong Kong Ordinances

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Applications for licences

PART V

LICENSING OF DISCHARGES AND DEPOSITS

(1) A person who wishes to obtain a licence under section 20 for the purposes
of section 8(1)(a), 8(1)(b) or 9(1) shall apply to the Authority in the
prescribed form. (Amended 67 of 1990 s. 22)

(1A) The Authority is not required to consider an application under subsection
(1) unless it is made by-

   (a)  the person who makes or authorizes the discharge or deposit; or

   (b)  the owner or occupier of the premises from which the discharge or
        deposit is made. (Added 67 of 1990 s. 12)

(2) The fee prescribed for an application under subsection (1) must be paid by
a date specified in a demand note issued by the Authority. (Replaced 83 of
1993 s. 13)

(3) The Authority shall publicly notify all applications for licences under
section 20 for the purposes of section 8(1)(a) or section  8(1)(b)- (Amended
67 of 1990 s. 22)

   (a)  by entering in the register such particulars thereof as may be
        prescribed;

   (b)  by causing a notice to be published at the expense of the applicant in
        an English language and a Chinese language newspaper determined by the
        Authority containing such particulars of the application and other
        information as may be prescribed and a statement of the place or
        places where a copy of the application may be inspected.

(3A) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply where the application is for a licence
to discharge domestic sewage from a separate household unit. (Added 67 of 1990
s. 12)

(4) During the period of 30 days after the last notice is published pursuant
to subsection (3)-

   (a)  a copy of the application shall be kept at each place notified under
        subsection (3)(b) and shall be available for inspection by the public
        during normal office hours;

   (b)  any person may, in such manner as may be prescribed, object to the
        granting of the application on the ground that it would tend to
        inhibit the attainment or maintenance of the relevant water quality 
        objective.