Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 27

Structures in watercourses, etc.

(1) No person shall erect any structure in, over or under any main 
watercourse except with the consent of and in accordance with plans approved
by the Drainage Authority, and no person shall, without the consent of the
Drainage Authority, carry out any work of repair on any structure in, over or
under such a watercourse if the repair work is likely to affect the flow of
water in the watercourse.

(2) No person shall erect any structure designed to contain or direct water
from any main watercourse within a Drainage Authority Area except with the
consent of and in accordance with plans approved by the Drainage Authority.

(3) An application shall be made to the Drainage Authority for his consent or
approval under this section and a consent or approval required under this
section may be given subject to any reasonable condition as to the time at
which and the manner in which any work is to be carried out, and any such
consent or approval shall, if neither given nor refused within 4 months after
application therefor is made, be deemed to have been given.

(4) If the Drainage Authority refuses to give his consent or approval required
under this section, the Drainage Authority shall give the reasons for such
refusal to the applicant.

(5) If any person carries out any work in contravention of this section, the
Drainage Authority, his agent, or any independent contractor employed and
authorized for the purpose by the Drainage Authority may remove, alter or pull
down the work and recover from that person the expenses, including supervision
charges, reasonably incurred in doing so.

(6) Any consent or approval given or deemed to have been given by the
Drainage Authority under this section shall not entitle any person or any
works or proposed works not to comply with the provisions of the
Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance ( Cap 127), the Buildings 
Ordinance ( Cap 123), the Town Planning Ordinance ( Cap 131) or of any other
enactment. (Enacted 1994)