Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE) REGULATION - SECT 6

Determination of application for billing account

(1) The Director may approve an application to establish a billing  account or
reject the application.

(2) The Director may reject the application if-

   (a)  the application is not properly made;

   (b)  the information provided by the applicant in relation to the
        application is incorrect or misleading; or

   (c)  a prescribed charge or surcharge is outstanding under another
        billing account established by the applicant.

(3) The Director shall give the applicant notice in writing of the decision to
approve or reject an application. If the Director rejects the application, he
shall include in the notice a statement setting out the reasons for the
decision.

(4) The Director may approve an application to establish a billing  account
subject to such conditions as the Director considers appropriate.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4), the Director may impose-

   (a)  any basic conditions on the breach of which the Director may revoke
        the billing account; and

   (b)  any conditions of use that must be complied with for the purpose of
        delivering construction waste to a prescribed facility for disposal,
        including a condition requiring the account-holder to pay to the
        Director a deposit of an amount specified by the Director as security
        for the payment of any prescribed charge or surcharge.

(6) The Director may from time to time, by giving notice in writing to the
account-holder, impose any additional conditions or vary or revoke any
conditions imposed under this section.

(7) Where a change in the information provided to the Director in relation to
a billing account occurs, the account-holder shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable, inform the Director in writing of the change.

(8) The Director may revoke a billing account if the account-holder, without
reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection

(7) or with any basic condition imposed in relation to the account.