### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

11. Objections
(1) Any person aggrieved by a draft map available for inspection under section 9 may within the period of 60 days referred to in section 9(3) send to the Authority and to the Secretary of the Board a written statement of his objection to the draft map.
(2) A written statement under subsection (1) shall set out—
(a) the nature of and reasons for the objection; and
(b) if the objection would be removed by an alteration to the draft map, any alteration proposed.
(3) Where the Authority receives a written statement of objection under subsection (1), he may within 30 days of receipt of the objection send to the Secretary of the Board his written representations concerning such objection.
(4) Upon receipt of an objection under subsection (1) and any representations by the Authority under subsection (3), the Secretary of the Board shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the objection by the Board and shall give 14 clear days’ notice thereof to the objector.
(5) The objector may attend the meeting of the Board at which the objection is to be heard, and may be heard in person or by his authorized representative.
(6) Upon the hearing of an objection, the Board may—
(a) reject the objection in whole or in part; or
(b) direct the Authority to make amendments to the draft map to meet such objection in whole or in part.
(7) Where the Board rejects the objection under subsection (6)(a), the Secretary of the Board shall notify in writing the objector of the Board’s decision.

12. Submission of draft map to Chief Executive in Council
The Authority shall, within 6 months from the last day of the period during which objections may be lodged, submit the draft map to the Chief Executive in Council for approval, and shall at the same time submit— (Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) a schedule of objections and representations made under section 11; and
(b) a schedule of the amendments made by the Authority pursuant to a direction under section 11(6)(b) with a view to meeting such objections.

### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

13. Power of Chief Executive in Council upon submission of draft map
(1) Upon submission of a draft map under section 12, the Chief Executive in Council shall—
(a) approve the draft map;
(b) refuse to approve it; or
(c) refer it to the Authority for further consideration and amendment.
(2) Where the Chief Executive in Council refuses to approve a draft map under subsection (1)(b), the Authority shall as soon as possible after such refusal give notice in the Gazette of such refusal.
(3) The Chief Executive in Council may by order published in the Gazette correct any omission from or error in any map approved by him.
(4) Every map approved by the Chief Executive in Council shall be signed by the Authority and shall be deposited in the Land Registry. (Replaced 20 of 2002 s. 5)
(5) The deposit of maps under subsection (4) shall be notified in the Gazette.
(6) The Authority shall supply a copy of an approved map to any person upon payment of such fee as the Authority may determine.
(Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)

14. Designation of country parks
Where the Chief Executive in Council has approved a draft map under section 13 and it has been deposited in the Land Registry, the Chief Executive shall, by order in the Gazette, designate the area shown in the approved map to be a country park.
(Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2; 34 of 2000 s. 3)

15. Replacement or amendment of approved maps
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may refer any map approved by him under section 13 to the Authority for replacement by a new map or for amendment. (Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) Upon any reference under subsection (1), sections 8 to 14 shall apply in respect of a new map in replacement of the map referred to or any amendment to the map referred in like manner as they applied to the map it replaces or amends; and where the reference is in respect of an amendment the word map (地圖) in sections 8 to 14 shall be construed as referring to the map showing the amendment. 
(3) A map referred to the Authority shall be replaced by the new approved map or read as one with any approved amendment as the case may be.
(4) The Land Registrar shall endorse accordingly the map deposited under section 13 which has been replaced or amended and shall cause the copies of the maps deposited in the Land Registry to be similarly endorsed. (Amended 8 of 1993 ss. 3 & 23; 20 of 2002 s. 5)

### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

22. Compensation to be paid from funds provided by the Legislative Council
All compensation, including interest thereon and costs, shall be paid from such money as may be provided from time to time by the Legislative Council.

### Country Parks Ordinance 《郊野公園條例》

23. Payment when claimant absent etc.
If a claimant to whom compensation is payable, either by agreement or following an award by the Lands Tribunal—(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)
(a) is absent from Hong Kong;
(b) cannot be found;
(c) within 3 months of an agreement for or award of compensation makes no claim for payment; or
(d) in the opinion of the Authority is unable to give an effectual discharge for the compensation,
the Authority may direct payment of the compensation to be made to such other person on behalf of the claimant as he shall think proper, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and the receipt of the person to whom payment is made shall be a valid and effectual discharge for the compensation in the same manner as if payment had been made to the claimant.

24. Designation of special areas
(1) The Chief Executive may by order in the Gazette designate any area of Government land outside a country park as a special area for the purpose of this Ordinance. (Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) The Authority may, on the advice of the Board, by order in the Gazette, designate any area of Government land within a country park as a special area for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(3) In this section Government land (政府土地) means any land which is not leased land.
(Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)

25. Exclusions from country parks and special areas
The Chief Executive may by order in the Gazette exclude from any country park or special area— (Amended 34 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) village areas, traditional burial grounds, temples and other religious buildings;
(b) any area in respect of which a lease is issued or to be issued by the Director of Lands, after consultation with the Authority, for the purposes of recreation or tourism; and (Amended L.N. 370 of 1981; L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
(c) any place, building, site or structure that has been declared a monument under section 3 of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53).