Hong Kong Ordinances

SEWAGE TUNNELS (STATUTORY EASEMENTS) ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Publication of plans

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 105

(1) Upon completion of the preparation of a plan under section 3, the
Secretary shall cause to be published in the Gazette in both the Chinese and
English languages a notice of the plan containing the particulars specified in
subsection (2).

(2) A notice of a plan shall-

   (a)  either be published together with a copy of the plan to which it
        relates, or state where and at what times the plan may be inspected;

   (b)  describe the land situated on the route of the proposed tunnel;

   (c)  state the proposed minimum depth below the surface of the land at
        which the tunnel will lie;

   (d)  contain a statement to the effect that any person having an estate or
        interest evidenced in an instrument registered in the Land  Registry
        in any land situated on the route of the proposed tunnel may object to
        the proposal under section 5 by lodging a notice in writing of his
        objection with the Director of Drainage Services within a period
        specified in the notice of the plan, being a period of not less than 2
        months beginning on the date of publication of the notice of the plan;

   (e)  indicate that certain easements and other rights may be created in
        favour of the Government over such land on the expiry of the period
        specified for the purpose of paragraph (d) if no objection has been
        lodged before that expiry. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) (Enacted 1993)