Hong Kong Regulations

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "business
registration no." (商業登記號碼) means the number assigned by the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue under the Business Registration Ordinance (
Cap 310) to any business registration certificate held by the applicant; (L.N.
375 of 1990)

"code number" (代碼編號) means the number assigned for record purposes by
the Authority to any notification or application received by him or to any
licence, renewal or variation granted by him;

"commercial premises" (商業處所) means premises, not being industrial 
premises, used for the purpose of commerce or trade; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"discharge point" (排放點) means the point at which a discharge or a
deposit first enters or is first likely to enter-

   (a)  any communal drain or communal sewer; or

   (b)  the waters of Hong Kong; (L.N. 375 of 1990; L.N. 324 of 1994)

"domestic premises" (住用處所) means any premises used exclusively for
residential purposes and constituting a separate household unit; (L.N. 375 of
1990)

"domestic sewage" (住宅污水) has the meaning ascribed to that term in
section 9(3) of the Ordinance;

"domestic sewage treatment plant" (住宅污水處理裝置) means a plant at
which domestic sewage is treated and in which 2 or more of the following
categories of items are employed-

   (a)  a grit trap;

   (b)  a screen;

   (c)  a comminutor;

   (d)  a sedimentation or settlement tank;

   (e)  aeration;

   (f)  biological treatment through the action of micro-organisms;

   (g)  a submarine pipeline leading to receiving waters;

"flow rate" (流量率) in relation to any discharge or deposit means the
volume per unit time of a discharge or deposit from any premises when-

   (a)  measured by a flow meter certified by its manufacturer to have a
        reading accuracy of within +/- 3%; or (L.N. 324 of 1994)

   (b)  estimated by the Authority having regard to the relevant water
        consumption of that premises and the number of hours worked during the
        period to which the water consumption relates, and averaged over the
        period of operation in a working day; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"Form A" (A表) means Form A in the Second Schedule; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"grant of a licence" (批給牌照) means the grant of a licence under section
20 of the Ordinance;

"ID card" (身分證) means an identity card issued under the Registration of 
Persons Ordinance ( Cap 177);

"industrial enterprise" (工業企業) means a person who carries on an
industrial  process by way of trade or business;

"industrial premises" (工業處所) means premises occupied by an industrial 
enterprise for the purpose of carrying on an industrial process by way of
trade or business, whether or not such premises form part of larger premises
occupied by the same or another industrial enterprise or by any other person;

"industrial process" (工業工序) means a process which gives rise to a
discharge or deposit other than a discharge or deposit from a domestic 
sewage treatment plant; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"institutional premises" (機構處所) means any premises other than-

   (a)  domestic premises;

   (b)  industrial premises; or

   (c)  commercial premises; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"last notice" (最後公告) means the last notice referred to in section
19(4) of the Ordinance;

"manager" (經理) in relation to an industrial enterprise or domestic sewage 
treatment plant means an individual resident in Hong Kong who is responsible
for the management in Hong Kong of that industrial enterprise or
domestic sewage treatment plant, as the case may be;

"renewal of a licence" (牌照續期) means the renewal of a licence by virtue
of section 23 or 23A of the Ordinance; (L.N. 375 of 1990)

"sampling point" (抽樣點) means one or more points, whether or not a point
or points specified in the licence, at which samples of a discharge or deposit
are taken by the Authority as being representative of the quality and quantity
of the discharge or deposit; (L.N. 324 of 1994)

"statutory public notice" (法定公告) means a notice which the Authority
causes to be published under section 19(3)(b) of the Ordinance;

"sub-zone" (分區) means a part of a water control zone delineated by the
Secretary under section 5(5) of the Ordinance for the purpose of establishing
different water quality objectives for different parts of that zone;

"variation of a licence" (更改牌照) means the variation of a licence under
section 28 of the Ordinance;

"water account number" (水費用戶編號) in relation to any premises means
the account number allocated by the Water Authority under the Waterworks 
Ordinance ( Cap 102) in respect of the consumption of water. (L.N. 375 of
1990)

(2) (Repealed L.N. 375 of 1990) (L.N. 375 of 1990; L.N. 324 of 1994) "business
registration no." (商業登記號碼)

"code number" (代碼編號)

"commercial premises" (商業處所)

"discharge point" (排放點)

"domestic premises" (住用處所)

"domestic sewage" (住宅污水)

"domestic sewage treatment plant" (住宅污水處理裝置)

"flow rate" (流量率)

"Form A" (A表)

"grant of a licence" (批給牌照)

"ID card" (身分證)

"industrial enterprise" (工業企業)

"industrial premises" (工業處所)

"industrial process" (工業工序)

"institutional premises" (機構處所)

"last notice" (最後公告)

"manager" (經理)

"renewal of a licence" (牌照續期)

"sampling point" (抽樣點)

"statutory public notice" (法定公告)

"sub-zone" (分區)

"variation of a licence" (更改牌照)

"water account number" (水費用戶編號)