### Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance 《前濱及海床(填海工程)條例》

16. Payment when person entitled cannot be found, etc.
When the person entitled to compensation is absent from Hong Kong or cannot be found or, before the expiry of 6 months from the date when the amount of compensation is agreed under section 13(2) or determined by the Lands Tribunal under this Ordinance, makes no claim to the same, or is in the opinion of the Director unable to give an effectual discharge for the same, the Director may direct that payment of the compensation shall be made to such other person on behalf of the person entitled as he shall think proper, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and the receipt of such other person shall be a valid and effectual discharge for the same in the same manner as if payment had been made to the person entitled.

16A. Minor works
(1) The Director may authorize any works over and upon any foreshore and sea-bed, the total area of foreshore and sea-bed affected by which is not more than 0.5 hectare, to construct any one or more of the items specified in the Schedule.
(2) A person has no right against the Government or any other person to—
(a) compel or restrain any works authorized under subsection (1); or
(b) recover any money under this Ordinance in respect of any such works.
(3) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Ordinance prevents a person from recovering any money, under any other Ordinance or any rule of common law or of equity, in respect of any works authorized under subsection (1).
(4) Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 do not apply in relation to any works authorized under subsection (1).
(5) The Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 30)

16B. Absence of authorization of expenditure for works not prevent certain matters
The fact that the expenditure for any works to be executed for a reclamation has not been approved or authorized under the Public Finance Ordinance (Cap. 2) or any other enactment does not prevent—
(a) the authorization of the reclamation under section 7 or 8;
(b) the authorization of the works under section 16A; or
(c) the provision of any compensation (whether monetary or non-monetary) or any financial or other assistance, whether or not under an enactment, in connection with the reclamation or the works.
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 30)

### Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance 《前濱及海床(填海工程)條例》

16C. Absence of plan under Town Planning Ordinance not prevent certain matters
The fact that no draft plan, approved plan or partly approved plan within the meaning of the Town Planning Ordinance (Cap. 131) has been prepared under that Ordinance in relation to any foreshore and sea-bed does not prevent the doing of any of the following things in relation to the foreshore and sea-bed—
(a) the preparation of a plan under section 3;
(b) the publication of a notice of a plan under section 5;
(c) the authorization of a reclamation under section 7 or 8;
(d) the authorization of works under section 16A.
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 30)

17. Saving of rights of Government
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to be in derogation of any of the powers or rights of the Government in respect of the foreshore and sea-bed or of the waters of Hong Kong. 
(Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)

18. Service of notices by Director
Any notice required to be served by the Director upon any person under this Ordinance may be served by serving a copy personally or by registered post addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be served.

20. Transitional
(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Public Reclamations and Works Ordinance (Cap. 113, 1984 Ed.), that Ordinance shall continue to apply to any reclamation or proposed reclamation or other works of a public nature in respect of which a notice had been published under section 2 of that Ordinance before the commencement** of this Ordinance.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance (Cap. 127, 1984 Ed.), that Ordinance shall continue to apply to any Crown lease in respect of which a notice had been published under section 4 of that Ordinance before the commencement** of this Ordinance.
(3) Where immediately before the commencement@ of the Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) (Amendment) Ordinance 1998 (17 of 1998), a notice had been published under section 5 in respect of a proposed reclamation, the period of 9 months as specified in section 8(1) shall be calculated as from—
(a) the commencement@ of that Ordinance; or
(b) the expiry of the time for the making of objections under section 6,
whichever is the later. (Added 17 of 1998 s. 3)

Editorial Note:

** Commencement date: 9 August 1985.  @ Commencement date: 3 April 1998. 

### Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance 《前濱及海床(填海工程)條例》

21. Transitional provisions for Development (Town Planning, Lands and Works) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023
(1) If the date of the first publication in the Gazette of a notice mentioned in section 5(1) in respect of a proposed reclamation falls before 1 September 2023, sections 5, 6 and 8 as in force immediately before 1 September 2023 continue to apply in relation to the proposed reclamation as if sections 25, 26 and 27 of the Amendment Ordinance had not been enacted.
(2) If a notice mentioned in section 9(1) in respect of a reclamation is published in the Gazette before 1 September 2023, sections 14 and 15 as in force immediately before 1 September 2023 continue to apply in relation to the compensation in respect of the reclamation as if sections 28 and 29 of the Amendment Ordinance had not been enacted.
(3) In this section—
Amendment Ordinance (《修訂條例》) means the Development (Town Planning, Lands and Works) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023 (25 of 2023).
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 31)

### Government Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance 《政府土地權(重收及轉歸補救)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Government Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance.
(Amended 29 of 1998 s. 40)