Hong Kong Ordinances

ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 2A

Declaration of proposed monuments etc. and plans thereof

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

MONUMENTS

(1) For the purpose of considering whether or not any place, building, site or
structure should be declared to be a monument the Authority may, after
consultation with the Board, by notice in the Gazette declare it to be a
proposed monument, proposed historical building, or proposed archaeological or
palaeontological site or structure.

(2) A declaration under subsection (1) may include as part of a
proposed monument any land adjoining the place, building, site or structure
required for fencing, covering or protecting the proposed  monument or for
providing or facilitating access thereto.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) shall include a reference to the appropriate
plan deposited under subsection (4).

(4) The Authority shall, upon publication of a declaration under subsection
(1)-

   (a)  sign and deposit in the Land Registry a plan clearly showing the
        situation of the proposed monument; and (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2; 20 of
        2002 s. 5)

   (b)  if the declaration relates to a proposed monument within private land-

        (i)    register the declaration in the Land Registry; (Amended 8 of
               1993 s. 2)

        (ii)   serve on the owner and any lawful occupier of the private land
               a copy of the notice of declaration, together with a copy of
               the plan; and

        (iii)  fix to the private land a copy of the notice of declaration and
               a copy of the plan.

(5) The Authority shall-

   (a)  keep available at his office, for public inspection at all reasonable
        times, a copy of every plan deposited under subsection (4); and

   (b)  at the request of the owner or a lawful occupier of a proposed 
        monument which is shown on a plan so deposited, deliver a copy of the
        plan free of charge to the owner or occupier. (Added 38 of 1982 s. 3)