Hong Kong Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (HONG KONG) ORDER 1995 - SECT 80

Dangerous lights

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 36 of 1999 s. 3

(1) A person shall not exhibit in Hong Kong any light which-

   (a)  by reason of its glare is liable to endanger aircraft taking off from
        or landing at an aerodrome; or

   (b)  by reason of its liability to be mistaken for an aeronautical 
        ground light is liable to endanger aircraft.

(2) If any light which appears to the Chief Executive to be such a light as
aforesaid is exhibited the Chief Executive may cause a notice to be served
upon the person who is the occupier of the place where the light is exhibited
or having charge of the light, directing that person, within a reasonable time
to be specified in the notice, to take such steps as may be specified in the
notice of extinguishing or screening the light and of preventing for the
future the exhibition of any other light which may similarly endanger
aircraft.

(3) The notice may be served either personally or by post, or by affixing it
in some conspicuous place near to the light to which it relates.

(4) In the case of a light which is or may be visible from any waters within
the area of a lighthouse authority, the powers of the Chief  Executive under
this Article shall not be exercised except with the consent of that authority.

(36 of 1999 s. 3)