### Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) Water Control Zone

1. Declaration of Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) Water Control Zone
That part of Hong Kong described in the Schedule is declared to be a water control zone for the purposes of the Ordinance, and is to be known as the Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) Water Control Zone.

### Water Pollution Control (Junk Bay Water Control Zone) Order 《水污染管制(將軍澳水質管制區)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (Junk Bay Water Control Zone) Order.
(E.R. 5 of 2019)

2. Declaration of Junk Bay Water Control Zone
The part of Hong Kong more particularly described in the Schedule is declared to be a water control zone, and is to be known as the Junk Bay Water Control Zone.

3. Designation of Authority
The Director of Environmental Protection is designated to be the Authority for the Junk Bay Water Control Zone and as such, subject to section 4(3) of the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358), to exercise and perform in respect of that zone, the functions, powers and duties conferred on the Authority by the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358).

### Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations 《水污染管制(一般)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations.

### Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations 《水污染管制(一般)規例》

5. Particulars to be included in statutory public notices
Subject to section 43 of the Ordinance, every statutory public notice shall contain the following particulars—
(a) a heading to the effect that the notice is published under section 19(3) of the Ordinance and that the application of which it gives particulars has been received by the Authority;
(b) the type of application under the Ordinance to which the notice relates, specifying whether it is for the grant of a licence, for renewal of a licence, or for variation of a licence;
(c) the type of discharge or deposit, specifying whether it is from industrial premises or from a domestic sewage treatment plant or where it is from any other source, specifying such source;
(d) the name (if any) of the industrial enterprise and the location of the relevant industrial premises, and the name (if any) and the location of domestic sewage treatment plant or other source, as the case may be, to which the application relates; (L.N. 375 of 1990)
(e) (Repealed L.N. 375 of 1990)(f) the maximum flow rate of the discharge or deposit from the industrial premises, domestic sewage treatment plant or other source, as the case may be; (L.N. 375 of 1990; L.N. 324 of 1994)
(g) the receiving waters, specifying either—
(i) in the case of discharge to or deposit in the waters of Hong Kong, the name of the water control zone and of the sub-zone, if any, within which the waters lie;
(ii) in the case of discharge to or deposit in a communal drain or communal sewer flowing into the waters of Hong Kong, the name of the water control zone and sub-zone, if any, within which those waters lie;
(h) (Repealed L.N. 375 of 1990)(i) the expected temperature of the discharge or deposit the subject of the application;
(j) a statement of any method proposed by the applicant for treating the discharge or deposit before it reaches the discharge point;
(k) where the application is for variation of a licence, a brief statement of any new components to be added to the discharge or deposit;
(l) a statement of the grounds on which and the manner in which objections may be made to the application the subject of the notice (including the fact that objections must be made in writing to the Authority and received within 30 days of last publication of the notice).
(L.N. 375 of 1990)

6. Notice may relate to more than one application
A statutory public notice may relate to more than one application under the Ordinance but must give the particulars prescribed in regulation 5(b) to (k) in respect of each application to which it relates.

### Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations 《水污染管制(一般)規例》

7. Form of notice
Every statutory public notice shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule, or as near thereto as the circumstances permit.

8. Procedure for application for renewal of a licence
(1) An application for a licence or renewal or variation of a licence under the Ordinance shall be made in Form A. (L.N. 375 of 1990)
(2) Every application for renewal of a licence shall be made not earlier than 4 months and not later than 2 months before the date of expiry of the licence. (L.N. 324 of 1994)

9. Status of licence pending decision on renewal
A licence which is the subject of an application for renewal made in accordance with regulation 8 shall continue in force until the Authority either grants or refuses the application and in the event of the Authority refusing the application shall continue in force until the expiry of the time for appealing under section 29(3) of the Ordinance. If an applicant for renewal appeals against a refusal by the Authority to grant such renewal, the licence shall continue in force until the determination of the appeal.

10. Late applications for renewal
(1) Notwithstanding regulation 8(2), if an application for renewal of a licence is received by the Authority less than 2 months before the date of expiry of the licence, the Authority shall nevertheless entertain the application, but the licence shall cease to be in force from the date of its expiry unless and until it is renewed by the Authority or by an Appeal Board. (L.N. 324 of 1994)
(2) An application for renewal of a licence received by the Authority after the date of expiry of the licence shall not be entertained by the Authority.

11. Notice of objection to the grant of a licence
If a person wishes to object to the grant of a licence, the renewal of a licence or the variation of a licence, application for which has been the subject of a statutory public notice, he shall give notice of such objection to the Authority in writing by registered post within the time specified in section 19(4) of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 375 of 1990)

12. Contents of notice of objection
(1) A notice of objection under regulation 11 shall include the full name and postal address of the person making the objection and shall be signed by that person or by some individual authorized to sign on behalf of that person.
(2) A notice of objection shall set out the reasons for the objection with sufficient particularity to enable the Authority to determine—
(a) whether the granting of the application would tend to inhibit the attainment or maintenance of the relevant water quality objective; and
(b) whether he should hold a hearing under section 41 of the Ordinance before deciding whether to grant the application.

### Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations 《水污染管制(一般)規例》

14. Registration of applications for licences
(1) The register shall contain the following particulars of every application to license a discharge or deposit which is made to the Authority under section 14 or 19 of the Ordinance—
(a) the date of the application;
(b) the name of the applicant;
(c) the location of the industrial premises, domestic sewage treatment plant or other source, as the case may be, from where the discharge or deposit is made; (L.N. 375 of 1990)
(d) the name of the industrial enterprise or of the manager of the plant, if different from the applicant or in case of a discharge or deposit from any other source, the name (if any) of the source, or the name of the person in charge thereof, if different from the applicant;
(e) the result of the application and the date on which the licence was granted or refused;
(f) the code number assigned by the Authority to the application.
(2) Subject to section 43 of the Ordinance, the register shall in respect of every application for a licence contain a copy of Form A, as completed by the applicant and lodged with the Authority. (L.N. 203 of 1988)
(L.N. 375 of 1990)