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

17A. Authority may obtain information
The Authority may, in the exercise of his powers under section 35 of the Ordinance, obtain information relating to—
(a) any matter in relation to which particulars are required to be supplied in Form A;
(b) any discharge or deposit, including but not limited to—
(i) periods or times during which the discharge or deposit is made;
(ii) particulars of any process, plant or equipment involved in making the discharge or deposit.
(L.N. 375 of 1990; L.N. 324 of 1994)

17B. Offence for contravention of licence provision
(1) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of a licence granted under the Ordinance as are specified in subregulation (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) The provisions specified for the purpose of subregulation (1) are any provision—
(a) stipulating a limit of a characteristic or constituent of a discharge or deposit;
(b) requiring that a discharge or deposit shall not contain any prohibited substance;
(c) requiring or specifying the desludging of a septic tank or the keeping of records of sludge removed in any desludging;
(d) requiring or specifying the proper disposal of sludge removed in the desludging of a septic tank;
(e) requiring or specifying the keeping of records of sludge or screenings removed from a domestic sewage treatment plant or a wastewater treatment facility, or the proper disposal of such sludge or screenings;
(f) requiring or specifying the provision, operation or maintenance of a wastewater treatment facility;
(g) requiring or specifying the provision of standby wastewater treatment equipment;
(h) requiring or specifying the provision of a sampling point or suitable and accessible facilities at such a point;
(i) requiring or specifying the provision, operation or maintenance of any equipment, facility or device for measuring a characteristic or constituent of a discharge or deposit;
(j) requiring or specifying the carrying out of routine self-monitoring, recording or analyzing of a characteristic or constituent of a discharge or deposit or the making available of the results of such monitoring, recording or analyzing to the Authority;
(k) requiring or specifying notification to the Authority of any emergency affecting compliance with the licence;
(l) requiring or specifying notification to the Authority of any circumstance that may alter a characteristic or constituent of a discharge or deposit.
(L.N. 324 of 1994)

18. Fees
There shall be paid to the Authority in relation to the matters mentioned in the second column of the Third Schedule, the fees specified in the third column of that Schedule.

### Water Pollution Control (Deep Bay Water Control Zone) Order 《水污染管制(后海灣水質管制區)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (Deep Bay Water Control Zone) Order.
(E.R. 6 of 2019)

2. Declaration of Deep Bay 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 Deep Bay Water Control Zone.

3. Designation of Authority
The Director of Environmental Protection is designated as the Authority for the Deep Bay Water Control Zone.

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

1. Declaration of Victoria Harbour (Phase One) 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 One) Water Control Zone.

### Tolo Harbour Supplementary Water Control Zone

1. Declaration of Tolo Harbour Supplementary 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 Tolo Harbour Supplementary Water Control Zone.

2. Designation of Authority
The Director of Environmental Protection is designated as the Authority for the Tolo Harbour Supplementary Water Control Zone.

### Water Pollution Control (Port Shelter Water Control Zone) Order 《水污染管制(牛尾海水質管制區)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (Port Shelter Water Control Zone) Order.
(E.R. 6 of 2019)

2. Declaration of Port Shelter 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 Port Shelter Water Control Zone.

3. Designation of Authority
The Director of Environmental Protection is designated to be the Authority for the Port Shelter 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 (Southern Water Control Zone) (Appointed Days) (Consolidation) Order 《水污染管制(南區水質管制區)(指定日期)(綜合)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (Southern Water Control Zone) (Appointed Days) (Consolidation) Order.
(E.R. 5 of 2019)

2. Application
This Order applies to the Southern Water Control Zone.
(L.N. 446 of 1994; E.R. 5 of 2019)

3. Interpretation
In this Order— (E.R. 5 of 2019)
sewage (污水) means any waste of the kind which is ordinarily discharged from a toilet, watercloset, bath, shower, sink, basin or kitchen fitment, whether or not it receives any treatment prior to discharge.

4. Appointed days
The day appointed—
(a) under section 7(2) of the Ordinance is 1 August 1988 for the purposes specified in paragraph 5(a);
(b) under section 7(3) of the Ordinance is 1 April 1989 for the purposes specified in paragraph 5(b);
(c) under section 7(2) of the Ordinance is 1 August 1989 for the purposes specified in paragraph 5(c); and
(d) under section 7(3) of the Ordinance is 1 April 1990 for the purposes specified in paragraph 5(d).

5. Specified category of discharge or deposit
The day appointed—
(a) in paragraph 4(a) applies to the discharge or deposit of sewage from all sources other than premises used exclusively for manufacturing or processing trades;
(b) in paragraph 4(b) applies to the existing discharge or deposit of sewage from all sources other than premises used exclusively for manufacturing or processing trades;
(c) in paragraph 4(c) applies to the discharge and deposit of all discharges and deposits other than—
(i) those made in accordance with the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354); and
(ii) sewage; and (E.R. 5 of 2019)
(d) in paragraph 4(d) applies to all existing discharges and deposits other than existing discharges or deposits—
(i) made in accordance with the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354); and
(ii) of sewage.

### Water Pollution Control (North Western Water Control Zone) (Appointed Days) Order 《水污染管制(西北部水質管制區)(指定日期)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (North Western Water Control Zone) (Appointed Days) Order.

2. Application
This Order applies to the North Western Water Control Zone.

3. Appointed days
The day appointed—
(a) under section 7(2) of the Ordinance is 1 April 1992; and
(b) under section 7(3) of the Ordinance is 1 October 1992.