Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (OPEN BURNING) REGULATION - SECT 6

Application for and issue of permit

(Past version on 22/12/2000).
(Past version on 16/01/1998).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The Authority may issue a permit to an applicant on application and
payment of the fee of $2250. (L.N. 578 of 1997; L.N. 305 of 2000; L.N. 180 of
2005)

(2) An application for a permit shall-

   (a)  be made in such form as may be specified by the Authority;

   (b)  be made not less than 28 days prior to the carrying out of the
        intended open burning; and

   (c)  be accompanied by such particulars as the Authority may require.

(3) The fee specified in subsection (1) shall-

   (a)  be paid by the applicant in respect of each application at the time
        when the application is made; and

   (b)  not be refundable.

(4) A permit shall-

   (a)  be in such form as specified by the Authority;

   (b)  be valid for 1 year or such lesser period as may be specified by the
        Authority; and

   (c)  be subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Authority
        including conditions as to the dates, the permitted hours, location
        and number of times of the open burning, and the weight and nature of
        materials to be burnt, having regard to the abatement of air pollution
        which is existing or imminent, the practicability and environmental
        impact of alternative means of waste disposal and the attainment of
        any relevant air quality objective.

(5) The Authority may on application made in that behalf issue a new permit to
replace a permit previously issued by the Authority.

(6) The Authority may refuse to issue a permit or may revoke a permit and in
any such case the Authority shall inform the applicant in writing of that
refusal or of that revocation, as the case may be, and the reasons therefor.
(Enacted 1996)