Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Refusal to approve plan

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 1999 s. 3

(1) If the Chief Executive in Council refuses to approve a finalised
draft plan under section 11(1)(b), the Secretary shall, as soon as
practicable, cause to be published in the Gazette in Chinese and English and
in one issue of 2 Chinese language newspapers and one English language
newspaper a notice of such refusal; and any such refusal shall be without
prejudice to the preparation of a new draft plan in respect of the same
Drainage Authority Area and the submission of the same to the Chief Executive
in Council under this Ordinance. (Amended 61 of 1999 s. 3)

(2) Upon publication of a notice of refusal under subsection (1), the
draft plan notified in the Gazette under section 5 is thereby repealed
provided that such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done or any right
to compensation under this Ordinance which has accrued prior to such repeal.
(Enacted 1994)