Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE) REGULATION - SECT 7

Application for exemption account

(1) If the Director is satisfied that the construction waste intended to be
delivered by a person or on his behalf to a prescribed  facility for disposal
is generated from construction work undertaken under a contract, the Director
may, on application, give approval for that person to establish an
exemption account solely in respect of that contract if-

   (a)  that contract has been awarded before the commencement of this
        section; or

   (b)  the closing date (if any) for submitting a tender for that contract is
        earlier than the commencement of this section. (L.N. 2 of 2005)

(2) No prescribed charge is payable by the account-holder of that
exemption account in respect of construction waste generated from
construction work undertaken under that contract.

(3) Any application to establish an exemption account must be made not later
than 21 days from the commencement of this section. The application must be
made in writing and in the specified form.

(4) 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.

(5) 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.

(6) 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the change unless the application has been withdrawn.

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