Hong Kong Ordinances

DUMPING AT SEA ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Designation of marine dumping areas

PART III

MARINE DUMPING AREAS

(1) The Authority may designate an area within Hong Kong waters as a marine
dumping area.

(2) In determining the suitability of an area for designation as a marine
dumping area, the Authority shall have regard to-

   (a)  the need to protect the marine environment, the living resources which
        it supports and human health;

   (b)  the need to prevent interference with other legitimate uses of the
        sea; and

   (c)  the proposed quantity and type of material to be dumped.

(3) The Authority shall publish notice in the Gazette of an area designated as
a marine dumping area.

(4) The Authority shall not issue a permit for an operation in a marine
dumping area until he has published notice of the area in the Gazette.
(Enacted 1995)