Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE) REGULATION - SECT 3

Conditions for disposal of construction waste at prescribed facilities

PART 2

DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE AT PRESCRIBED FACILITIES

(1) Subject to subsection (2), construction waste may be accepted for disposal
at a designated waste disposal facility only if-

   (a)  the facility is a prescribed facility;

   (b)  the Director is satisfied that the requirement in respect of the
        content of inert construction waste specified in Schedule 6 for the
        prescribed facility concerned is complied with in respect of the
        construction waste;

   (c)  the person who delivers it, or on whose behalf it is delivered, is an
        account-holder of a valid billing account; and

   (d)  the construction waste is delivered in accordance with all the
        conditions of use imposed in relation to that account.

(2) Where the construction waste is generated from construction  work
undertaken under a contract referred to in section 9(2), the billing  account
referred to in subsection (1)(c) and (d) must be one established solely in
respect of that contract.

(3) Where the construction waste is generated from construction  work
undertaken under a contract referred to in section 7(1), the billing  account
referred to in subsection (1)(c) and (d) may instead be an exemption account
established solely in respect of that contract, so long as that account is a
valid exemption account.

(4) Construction waste delivered by a vessel to a designated waste 
disposal facility may be accepted for disposal at the facility only if, in
addition to the requirements in subsections (1) and (2)-

   (a)  the facility is a public fill reception facility;

   (b)  the vessel is approved by the Director to be used for this purpose
        under Part 4; and

   (c)  the construction waste is delivered in accordance with all the
        conditions of use imposed in relation to the approval of that vessel.
        (L.N. 2 of 2005)

(5) Subsection (1)(c) and (d) does not apply in respect of construction waste
that is-

   (a)  delivered by a vehicle owned by the Government; or

   (b)  arising from the operation of a prescribed facility.

(6) Without prejudice to the circumstances in which construction  waste may
not be accepted under subsection (1) or (4), the Director may refuse to accept
any waste at a designated waste disposal facility in such other circumstances
as he thinks fit.

(7) In this section-

"valid billing account" (有效繳費帳戶) means a billing account that is
not suspended, revoked or closed at the time the construction waste concerned
is delivered to the prescribed facility for disposal;

"valid exemption account" (有效豁免繳費帳戶) means an
exemption account that is not revoked or has not expired at the time the
construction waste concerned is delivered to the prescribed facility for
disposal.

"valid billing account" (有效繳費帳戶)

"valid exemption account" (有效豁免繳費帳戶)