Hong Kong Regulations

SEWAGE SERVICES (TRADE EFFLUENT SURCHARGE) REGULATION - SECT 3

Trade effluent surcharge rates

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 4, a consumer or agent who is liable
to pay a trade effluent surcharge under section 4 of the Ordinance shall,
where the premises to which the surcharge relates produce trade effluent in
the course of a trade, business of manufacture listed in column 2 of Schedule
1, pay a surcharge-

   (a)  where the premises are located in a water control zone, at the rate
        specified in column 3 of Schedule 1; or

   (b)  where the premises are located outside a water control zone, at the
        rate specified in column 4 of Schedule 1, for each cubic metre of
        water supplied by the Water Authority, other than water supplied
        specifically for flushing purposes.

(2) For a trade, business or manufacture listed in Schedule 3, the amount of
the trade effluent surcharge determined under this section or section 4, as
the case may be, shall be equal to 80% of the volume of water supplied, other
than water supplied specifically for flushing purposes, multiplied by the
applicable rate. (Enacted 1995)
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______ Note: The amount of sewage charge payable pursuant to this section
shall be reduced in respect of-

   (a)  the period commencing on 1 April 2002 and ending on 31 March 2003
        (please see sections 2(2) and 6 of the Revenue (Variation and
        Reduction of Fees and Charges) Order 2002 ( Cap 2 sub. leg. R);

   (b)  bills issued within the period commencing on 1 August 2003 and ending
        on 30 November 2003 and bills that relate back to that period

(please see sections 4 to 6 of the Sewage Services (Reduction of Sewage Charge
and Trade Effluent Surcharge) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 131 of 2003)).