Hong Kong Regulations

PORT CONTROL (CARGO WORKING AREAS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4A

Operating hours

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS AND PUBLIC WATER-FRONTS

(1) The Director may, by notice in writing, specify the hours during which
cargo and cargo containers may be loaded or unloaded within a public cargo
working area or public water-front, or any part thereof, specified in the
notice.

(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in
the public cargo working area or public water-front to which it relates.

(3) A person shall not without the permission in writing of the Director load
or unload cargo or cargo containers outside the operating  hours within a
public cargo working area or public water-front, or any part thereof,
specified in a notice under paragraph (1). (L.N. 279 of 1999)

(4) The Director may, upon application by any person and on payment of the
prescribed fee, permit that person in writing to load or unload cargo or cargo
containers outside the operating hours. (L.N. 279 of 1999)

(5) The permission under subsection (4) is valid-

   (a)  only for the public cargo working area or public water-front specified
        in the permission; and

   (b)  for the period specified in the permission. (L.N. 279 of 1999)

(6) Any person who contravenes paragraph (3) is guilty of an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of $10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(L.N. 279 of 1999) (L.N. 226 of 1984)