Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE) REGULATION - SECT 11

Application for vessel to be approved for delivering construction waste to public fill reception facility

PART 4

DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE TO PUBLIC FILL FACILITIES BY VESSELS

(1) The Director may, on application by an account-holder, approve a steel
lighter or steel hopper barge to be used as a vessel for delivering
inert construction waste to a public fill reception facility for disposal.

(2) An application must be-

   (a)  made to the Director in writing and in the specified form; and

   (b)  accompanied by information or documents that enable the Director to
        determine the maximum load of the vessel concerned for the purpose of
        calculating the public fill charge applicable to it.

(3) The specified form may require that-

   (a)  it be completed in a specified way;

   (b)  specified information or documents be included in or attached to it;
        or

   (c)  it be submitted in a specified manner.

(4) The Director may, by notice in writing, require an applicant to provide,
within a reasonable period specified in the notice, additional information and
documents as are reasonably necessary to enable the Director to determine the
application.

(5) Where a change in the information provided to the Director under this
section occurs before the determination of the application, the applicant
shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform the Director in writing of
the change unless the application has been withdrawn.

(6) If any requirement under subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) is not complied
with, the application is to be treated as not properly made.