### Building (Planning) Regulations 《建築物(規劃)規例》

66. Maintenance of hoardings, etc.
(1) Every building owner shall erect hoardings, covered walkways and gantries in accordance with the permit issued under regulation 65 prior to the commencement of the building works specified in regulation 64, and shall maintain such hoardings, covered walkways and gantries in good repair during the continuance of the permit.
(2) Except on isolated sites, all hoardings, unless exempted by the Building Authority, shall be close boarded.
(3) No hoarding, covered walkway, gantry or building materials shall obstruct any drainage channel.
(4) No advertisement other than a description of the building and the names of any persons concerned in its construction shall be displayed on any such hoarding or covered walkway.
(G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 75 of 1962)

67. Liability of permittee
(1) Where any building owner fails to comply with any requirement made, pursuant to the provisions of regulation 65, by the Building Authority or with the provisions of regulation 66 or causes any damage to Government property in the erection or maintenance of such hoardings, covered walkways and gantries, the Building Authority may cause to be erected and maintained such hoardings, covered walkways and gantries as he may deem necessary and may carry out any work necessary to secure compliance with any requirement made pursuant to regulation 65, and may make good any such damage. (G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 75 of 1962)
(2) The Building Authority may recover the cost of such work from the building owner.

68. Live wire or cable to be made safe
Where any hoarding, covered walkway or gantry is erected near to any live wire or cable, the permittee shall arrange with the owners of such wire or cable, to take the necessary precautions to render safe such wire or cable.
(G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 75 of 1962)

69. Deposit of security
The Building Authority may require any person, to whom a permit is issued to erect any hoarding, covered walkway or gantry in, over or upon Government land, to make a deposit in the Treasury of a sum not exceeding $500 as security for the fulfilment of all obligations of the permittee. The amount of the deposit shall be fixed by the Building Authority who shall consider the circumstances of each particular case.
(G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 75 of 1962; 29 of 1998 s. 28)

### Building (Planning) Regulations 《建築物(規劃)規例》

70. Cancellation of permit
The Building Authority may in the public interest cancel any permit to erect and require the removal of any hoarding, covered walkway or gantry even if the permittee has fulfilled all his obligations. 
(G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 75 of 1962)

71. Power of Building Authority to permit windows, etc. to face or ventilate into unenclosed verandah, etc.
(1) Where, by any of these regulations, any window or vent or any other part of any building is required to face or to ventilate, directly or otherwise, into the external air or into the open air or any aperture or airshaft is required to communicate with the open air, the Building Authority may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), where he thinks fit, permit such window, vent or other part of any building, as the case may be, to face or to ventilate into, or such aperture or airshaft to communicate with, an unenclosed verandah or balcony or any other unenclosed place. 
(2) The Building Authority shall not give his permission under this regulation unless he is satisfied that to do so will not be to the prejudice of the standards of lighting or ventilation laid down by these regulations or the health of the occupiers of the building.
(3) Where he gives his permission under this regulation, the Building Authority may, upon giving his approval of the plans of the building works, impose such conditions as he considers necessary.
(G.N.A. 83 of 1959)

### Building (Planning) Regulations 《建築物(規劃)規例》

72. Buildings to be planned for use by persons with a disability
(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and notwithstanding any other provisions (other than the provisions under this regulation) in these regulations, where a building is one to which persons with a disability have, or may reasonably be expected to have, access, that building shall be designed to the satisfaction of the Building Authority in such a manner as will facilitate the access to, and use of, that building and its facilities by persons with a disability. (L.N. 239 of 1997)
(2) A building shall be deemed to be designed in accordance with paragraph (1) if its design complies with the requirements set out in Part 2 of the Third Schedule. (L.N. 124 of 2008)
(3) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to the categories of buildings specified in the first column of Part 4 of the Third Schedule only to the extent specified in the second column thereof. (L.N. 124 of 2008)
(4) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to—
(a) buildings of 13 m or less in height above ground level which are used, or intended to be used, for occupation by a single family; or
(b) temporary buildings or contractor’s sheds referred to in Part VII. (L.N. 239 of 1997)
(L.N. 365 of 1984)