Hong Kong Ordinances

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE - SECT 36

Authorized officers

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may in writing authorize public
officers to exercise the powers conferred on an authorized officer by
sections 37 and 38, or such of those powers as the Authority may specify.

(2) The Authority shall under subsection (1), authorize only a public officer
of or above the rank specified to exercise the following powers-

   (a)  the powers in section 38(b) and (c), an officer of or above the rank
        of Environmental Protection Officer; (Amended 58 of 1987 s. 15(2))

   (b)  any other power conferred by section 37 or 38 on an authorized
        officer, an officer of or above the rank of Environmental Protection
        Inspector. (Amended 58 of 1987 s. 15(2); 83 of 1993 s. 23)

(3) An authorized officer exercising any power in section 37 or 38 may take
with him such persons as he reasonably requires to assist him in the discharge
of his duties.