### Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) Ordinance 《供電網絡(法定地役權)條例》

10. Compensation for diminution of value of land
(1) Where an order made under this Ordinance affecting any land is registered by a power company under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128), the company shall be liable to pay compensation to the person who, at the date of registration of the order, is the owner of the land in respect of any diminution of the value of his estate or interest therein attributable to the registration of the order.
(2) Any person claiming to be entitled to be paid compensation by a power company under this section in respect of any land may, not later than 12 months after the date of registration of an order made under this Ordinance affecting such land, deliver particulars of the claim in writing to the company.
(3) If, within a period of 28 days after the delivery of the particulars of any claim to a power company under this section, the claimant and the company fail to reach agreement in respect of the company’s liability, if any, under this section, the claimant may, not later than 60 days after the expiration of that period, submit the claim to the Lands Tribunal for determination.
(4) The Lands Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to determine the amount of compensation, if any, payable in the case of any claim submitted to the Tribunal under this section; and in the application of the Lands Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 17) to any such determination, section 11(1) of that Ordinance shall have effect as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) thereof there were substituted the words “the amount of compensation payable in the case of any claim submitted to it under section 10 of the Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) Ordinance (Cap. 357)”.
(5) In the determination of the amount of compensation, if any, payable under this section, no compensation shall be given in respect of—
(a) any expectancy or probability of the grant or renewal or continuance by the Government or any person of any licence, permission, lease or permit whatsoever;
(b) any use of the land which is not in accordance with the terms of the Government lease under which the land is held. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 71)
(6) For the purposes of this section, value

### Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) Ordinance 《供電網絡(法定地役權)條例》

11. Liability for loss or damage
(1) Subject to this section, nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the liability of any person in respect of any loss or damage caused by or arising out of the exercise of any rights under this Ordinance.
(2) Where by reason of the exercise by a power company of any rights under this Ordinance in or over any land—
(a) any fixtures, growing crops, farm produce or plants on such land are damaged; or
(b) in the case of land which is used exclusively for the purpose of tillage, the use of such land for that purpose is temporarily prevented or restricted to such extent as to cause any loss,
the company shall be liable for such loss or damage notwithstanding that the company acted with reasonable care or that the loss or damage could not have been avoided without preventing or hindering the exercise of such rights:
Provided that if the company proves that the loss or damage resulted wholly or partially either from an act or omission done with intent to cause any loss or damage by the person who suffered the loss or damage or from the negligence of that person, the company shall be exonerated wholly or partially from its liability to such person.(3) This section shall not apply in relation to any claim for compensation in respect of the diminution of the value of any estate or interest in land.

12. Offence to obstruct power company
Any person who wilfully obstructs or interferes with the lawful exercise by any power company or its officers or servants or agents, or persons authorized by the company in that behalf, of any rights exercisable by the company under this Ordinance in respect of any land commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended E.R. 4 of 2021)

### Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) (Rectification of Approved Scheme) (Consolidation) Order 《供電網絡(法定地役權)(更正獲准計劃)(綜合)令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) (Rectification of Approved Scheme) (Consolidation) Order.

2. Interpretation
In this order—
approved scheme (獲准計劃) means the scheme specified in the Schedule;
power company (電力公司) means the China Light & Power Company, Limited;
Secretary (地政司) means the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands. (L.N. 244 of 1989)

3. Rectification of approved scheme
Subject to section 7(3) of the Ordinance, the approved scheme shall have effect as rectified by—
(a) the agreement made between the power company and the Secretary and deposited in the Land Registry on 21 October 1981; (L.N. 8 of 1982)
(b) the agreement made between the power company and the Secretary and deposited in the Land Registry on 1 June 1984; and (L.N. 188 of 1984)
(c) the agreement made between the power company and the Secretary and deposited in the Land Registry on 2 September 1988. (L.N. 264 of 1988)
(8 of 1993 s. 30)

### Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) (Rectification of Approved Scheme) Order 1991 《1991年供電網絡(法定地役權)(更正獲准計劃)令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements) (Rectification of Approved Scheme) Order 1991.

2. Interpretation
In this order—
approved scheme (獲准計劃) means the scheme specified in the Schedule;
power company (電力公司) means the China Light & Power Company, Limited.

3. Rectification of approved scheme
Subject to section 7(3) of the Ordinance, the approved scheme shall have effect as rectified by the agreement made between the power company and the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands and deposited in the Land Office on 3 July 1991.