Hong Kong Ordinances

DUMPING AT SEA ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/01/2000).
(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Appeal Board" (上訴委員會) means an appeal board constituted under Part
VIII;

"Authority" (監督) means the authority designated under section 4;

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員) means a person appointed as an
authorized  officer under section 5;

"Chairman" (主席) means the chairman appointed under section 28(1);

"commander" (機長), in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the
flight crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator, or, if
no person is designated, the person who is the pilot in command of the
aircraft;

"container" (盛器) includes a box, barrel, drum or other receptacle;

"Convention State" (公約國) means a state which is a party to the
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and
Other Matter concluded at London in December 1972;

"dumping" (傾倒) means-

   (a)  a deliberate disposal, including an emission or discharge, at sea of
        substances or articles from an aircraft, vessel or marine  structure;
        and

   (b)  a deliberate disposal at sea of an aircraft, vessel or marine 
        structure, but does not include dumping that is incidental to the
        operation of an aircraft, vessel or marine structure other than of
        substances or articles transported to or by an aircraft, vessel or
        marine structure for dumping or treatment prior to dumping;

"dumping operator" (傾倒操作人) means a person who dumps substances or
articles, or scuttles a vessel, aircraft or marine structure, for another
person;

"Hong Kong aircraft" (香港飛機) means an aircraft registered in Hong Kong;

"Hong Kong marine structure" (香港海事構築物) means a marine structure
owned by or leased to an individual residing in Hong Kong or a body corporate
incorporated under the law of Hong Kong;

"Hong Kong vessel" (香港船隻) means a vessel registered in Hong Kong under
the Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance ( Cap 415) or required to be
certificated under the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance ( Cap 
548); (Amended 43 of 1999 s. 91)

"incineration" (焚化) means the combustion of substances and articles for
the purpose of their thermal destruction;

"marine pollution abatement notice" (減除海洋污染通知書) means a
marine pollution  abatement notice served under section 12;

"marine structure" (海事構築物) means a platform or other man-made
structure at sea other than a pipeline;

"master" (船長), in relation to a vessel, includes the person for the time
being in charge of the vessel;

"permit" (許可證) means a permit issued under this Ordinance; "sea"
(海、海域) includes an area submerged at mean high water springs and also
includes, so far as the tide flows at mean high water springs, an estuary or
arm of the sea and the waters of a channel, creek, bay or river;

"Secretary" (局長) means the secretary designated under section 4; (Amended
78 of 1999 s. 7; 34 of 2000 s. 3)

"technical memorandum" (技術備忘錄) includes an amendment to a technical 
memorandum;

"vessel" (船隻) includes-

   (a)  a ship, junk, boat, dynamically supported craft, seaplane, or other
        description of vessel used in navigation; and

   (b)  any other description of vessel in Hong Kong or in the waters of Hong
        Kong not used in navigation or not constructed or adapted for use in
        navigation;

"waste producer" (廢物產生者) means the person who undertakes an activity
that produces a substance or article that he disposes of or proposes to
dispose of by dumping. (Enacted 1995)

"Appeal Board" (上訴委員會)

"Authority" (監督)

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員)

"Chairman" (主席)

"commander" (機長)

"container" (盛器)

"Convention State" (公約國)

"dumping" (傾倒)

"dumping operator" (傾倒操作人)

"Hong Kong aircraft" (香港飛機)

"Hong Kong marine structure" (香港海事構築物)

"Hong Kong vessel" (香港船隻)

"incineration" (焚化)

"marine pollution abatement notice" (減除海洋污染通知書)

"marine structure" (海事構築物)

"master" (船長)

"permit" (許可證) "sea" (海、海域)

"Secretary" (局長)

"technical memorandum" (技術備忘錄)

"vessel" (船隻)

"waste producer" (廢物產生者)