Hong Kong Regulations

SEWAGE SERVICES (TRADE EFFLUENT SURCHARGE) REGULATION - SCHEDULE 5

[section 3]

PART I

RATES OF SURCHARGE IN RESPECT OF BILLING PERIOD BEGINNING ON A DATE BEFORE 1
AUGUST 2008 AND ENDING ON A DATE BETWEEN 1 AUGUST 2008 AND 31 JULY 2009 (BOTH
DAYS INCLUSIVE)

(N1 x R1) + (N2 x R2) ———————————— (N1 + N2)

   (a)  In this formula— N1: number of days of the relevant billing period
        before 1 August 2008; R1: the rate that is specified in respect of the
        trade, business or manufacture concerned in column 3 or 4 (as may be
        appropriate) of Schedule 1 as in force immediately before the
        commencement* of the Sewage Services (Trade Effluent Surcharge)
        (Amendment) Regulation 2008 (L.N. 106 of 2008); N2: number of days of
        the relevant billing period after 31 July 2008; R2: the rate that is
        specified in respect of the trade, business or manufacture concerned
        in column 3 of Schedule 1.

   (b)  In paragraph (a), “relevant billing period”
        (有關的發單收費期間) means the billing period that begins on
        a date before 1 August 2008 and ends on a date between 1 August 2008
        and 31 July 2009 (both days inclusive).

PART II

RATES OF SURCHARGE IN RESPECT OF BILLING PERIOD BEGINNING ON A DATE BETWEEN 1
AUGUST 2008 AND 31 JULY 2009 (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE), AND ENDING ON OR AFTER 1
AUGUST 2009

(N1 x R1) + (N2 x R2) ———————————— (N1 + N2)

   (a)  In this formula— N1: number of days of the relevant billing period
        before 1 August 2009; R1: the rate that is specified in respect of the
        trade, business or manufacture concerned in column 3 of Schedule 1;
        N2: number of days of the relevant billing period after 31 July 2009;
        R2: the rate that is specified in respect of the trade, business or
        manufacture concerned in column 4 of Schedule 1.

   (b)  In paragraph (a), “relevant billing period”
        (有關的發單收費期間) means the billing period that begins on
        a date between 1 August 2008 and 31 July 2009 (both days inclusive),
        and ends on or after 1 August 2009. (Schedule 5 added L.N. 106 of 2008
        and L.N. 199 of 2008)
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* Commencement date : 1 August 2008. “relevant billing period”
(有關的發單收費期間)