### Oil Pollution (Land Use and Requisition) Ordinance 《油污處理(土地使用及徵用)條例》

7. Compensation
(1) Any person who sustains loss or damage in consequence or arising out of the exercise of any power under Part II, or is entitled to the use of or rent from any property requisitioned under section 6, shall, subject to this Part, be entitled to recover such compensation as is just having regard to all the circumstances of the case.
(2) A claim for compensation under this Ordinance shall be made in writing to the Director of Lands not later than 3 months after the last day on which the power was exercised or the use of any land or requisitioned property ceased:
Provided that the Director of Lands may, in any particular case, extend the period for making claims. (Amended L.N. 245 of 1981; L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
(3) Upon receipt of a claim, the Director of Lands shall as soon as practicable cause the amount of compensation to be assessed and notice of the amount assessed to be served upon the claimant personally or by registered post. (Amended L.N. 245 of 1981; L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
(4) If the claimant agrees in writing that he accepts such amount in full settlement of his claim, that amount shall be paid to the claimant.

8. Compensation to be determined by civil proceedings in default of agreement
In the absence of agreement as to—
(a) whether compensation is payable under this Ordinance; or
(b) the amount of such compensation; or
(c) the person to whom it is payable,
the issue shall be determined in civil proceedings begun by the claimant not later than 3 months after the service upon him of notice under section 7(3), and no compensation shall be due or payable otherwise than so determined.

9. Compensation to be paid from general revenue
Compensation payable under this Ordinance is charged on and shall be paid out of the general revenue of Hong Kong.

### Oil Pollution (Land Use and Requisition) Ordinance 《油污處理(土地使用及徵用)條例》

10. Liability for costs of cleaning-up operations
(1) The owner of a vessel from which any oil is discharged or escapes into the waters of Hong Kong is liable to the Government for the costs of all measures taken under this Ordinance or otherwise reasonably taken by the Government for a specified purpose in relation to the discharge or escape of oil, including the amount of any compensation reasonably paid under Part III.
(2) The owner of any installation or container, whether on land or in or on water, from which any oil is discharged or escapes into the waters of Hong Kong is liable to the Government for the costs of all measures taken under this Ordinance or otherwise reasonably taken by the Government for a specified purpose in relation to the discharge or escape of oil, including the amount of any compensation reasonably paid under Part III.
(3) In any proceedings by the Government to recover any costs referred to in subsection (1) or (2), unless the contrary is proved, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Director of Accounting Services is proof of the amount of the costs incurred.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a) any discharge or escape of oil in relation to which section 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Ordinance (Cap. 414) applies; or
(b) any discharge or escape of oil in relation to which section 5 of the Bunker Oil Pollution (Liability and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 605) applies.
(5) Subsection (2) does not apply to any installation or container that is a vessel or part of a vessel.
(6) In this section, owner (擁有人), in relation to a vessel, means—
(a) if the vessel is owned by a state and operated by a person registered in that state as the operator of the vessel, that person; and
(b) in any other case, the person registered as the owner of the vessel or, if no person is registered as the owner of the vessel, the person who owns the vessel.

(7) In this section, a reference to a vessel owned by a state includes—
(a) a vessel owned by the government of a state; and
(b) a vessel owned by the government of a territory within a state.
(Replaced 14 of 2009 s. 39)

11. Offences
Any person who without reasonable excuse—
(a) obstructs a competent authority, or a public officer acting in exercise of his powers under this Ordinance, or any public officer or other person accompanying or assisting any such public officer; or
(b) fails to comply with any direction given under section 6(1),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
(Amended E.R. 5 of 2022)

### Marine Closed Area (Consolidation) Order 《海上禁區(綜合)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Marine Closed Area (Consolidation) Order.
(E.R. 5 of 2019)

2. Declaration of closed areas
The areas specified in the First Schedule are declared to be closed areas.

3. Specification of authority or person to issue permits
The authority or person named in the second column of the Second Schedule is specified as the authority or person who may issue a permit to any person allowing that person to enter or leave the closed area shown opposite such authority or person in the third column of that Schedule.

### Frontier Closed Area Order 《邊境禁區令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Frontier Closed Area Order.

2. Area declared to be closed area
The area specified in the Schedule is declared to be a closed area.

### Frontier Closed Area (Permission to Enter) Notice 《邊境禁區(准許進入)公告》

1. Citation
This notice may be cited as the Frontier Closed Area (Permission to Enter) Notice.

1A. Interpretation
In this Notice—
cross-boundary passenger (過境乘客) means a passenger travelling to or from the Mainland of China;
franchised bus (專利巴士) means a bus in respect of which a franchise is in force under the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230);
Frontier Closed Area (邊境禁區) means the area specified in the Schedule to the Frontier Closed Area Order (Cap. 245 sub. leg. A);
Heung Yuen Wai Passenger Terminal Building (香園圍旅檢大樓) means the part of the Passenger Terminal Building located at Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point that is declared to be a closed area under section 3 of the Closed Area (Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point) Order (Cap. 245 sub. leg. N); (L.N. 161 of 2018; E.R. 5 of 2020)
passenger service licence (客運營業證) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374);
scheduled service (專綫服務) has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. D);
specified route (指明路綫) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230).
(L.N. 74 of 2007)

2. Permission to enter or leave
Without prejudice to the provisions of any other Ordinance, persons within the classes or categories of persons specified in the second column of the Schedule are, for the purposes of the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245), permitted to enter or leave the Frontier Closed Area during the times specified in relation thereto respectively in the third column of the Schedule and, in the case of the persons specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, subject to the conditions specified in the fourth column of the Schedule.
(E.R. 2 of 2014)

3. (Repealed L.N. 74 of 2007)