Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Publication and inspection of draft plans

(1) Where the Drainage Authority has prepared or replaced a draft  plan at any
time under section 3 or 4, he shall cause a notice of the plan to be published
in-

   (a)  2 issues of the Gazette in English and Chinese;

   (b)  2 issues of 2 Chinese language newspapers; and

   (c)  2 issues of an English language newspaper.

(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall-

   (a)  contain a general description of the Drainage Authority Area shown in
        the draft plan;

   (b)  state where and when a copy of the plan may be inspected by the
        public;

   (c)  specify the time within which, and the manner in which, objections to
        the draft plan prepared or replaced under section 3 or 4 may be made;
        and

   (d)  where the Drainage Authority has replaced a draft plan, identify the
        draft plan which has been replaced under section 4.

(3) A copy of a draft plan shall be available for inspection by the public
free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Drainage  Authority
thinks fit for a period of 60 days from the date of first publication of a
notice in the Gazette under subsection (1) and during the hours when those
offices are normally open to the public.

(4) The Drainage Authority shall supply a copy of the draft plan prepared or
replaced under section 3 or 4, or the draft plan showing the amendments under
subsection (5), to any person on request and upon payment of such fee as he
may determine.

(5) Where the Drainage Authority has at any time amended a draft  plan under
section 4, he shall publish a notice of such amendments in the same manner as
is specified in subsections (1) and (2) except that the period referred to in
subsection (3) shall be 30 days and the notice shall also identify the
draft plan which has been amended under section 4.

(6) Where the Drainage Authority has cancelled a draft plan at any time under
section 4, he shall publish a notice of such cancellation in the same manner
as is specified in subsection (1) except that the notice shall be published in
one issue of the Gazette and the newspapers referred to in that subsection and
that the notice shall also identify the draft  plan which has been cancelled
under section 4.

(7) A copy of a draft plan notified under this section shall be deposited in
the Land Registry and shall be available for inspection by any person without
payment of any fee. (Enacted 1994)