### Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 《香港機場(障礙管制)條例》

7. Secretary may order provision of marks, lights and beacons
(1) Where in the opinion of the Secretary the safety of aircraft so requires, he may by order authorize the Director of Buildings to provide or erect, and thereafter to maintain, in any place or on any building such marks, warning or guiding lights and aircraft beacons as shall be specified in such order. (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; 88 of 1994 s. 5)
(2) Such order shall be served upon the owner, if any, of any place or building which is the subject of the order.

8. Restriction on use of occulting lights
(1) Save with the written authority of the Director-General of Civil Aviation or under an exemption granted by him and published in the Gazette, no person shall, in Kowloon or New Kowloon or any other area prescribed by order of the Chief Executive in Council published in the Gazette, expose to the sky or permit to be exposed to the sky any form of occulting light of any colour. (Amended 4 of 1958 s. 4; 61 of 1999 s. 3; L.N. 326 of 2000)
(2) For the purposes of this section, the expression occulting light (隱顯燈光) includes any light which is cut off from view at regular or irregular intervals or which is visible suddenly or intermittently. (Added 4 of 1958 s. 4)
(3) This section shall not apply to navigational or signal lights, or to any occulting light of an intensity of less than 200 cd. (Added 4 of 1958 s. 4. Amended L.N. 83 of 1977)

9. Power to prohibit lighting
Where in the opinion of the Chief Executive in Council the safety of aircraft so requires, he may by order prescribe areas within which no person shall expose to the sky or permit to be exposed to the sky any type of lighting specified in or by such order.
(Added 4 of 1958 s. 5. Amended 61 of 1999 s. 3)

### Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 《香港機場(障礙管制)條例》

10. Director-General of Civil Aviation may prohibit certain lights exposed to sky
(1) Where in the opinion of the Director-General of Civil Aviation the safety of aircraft so requires, he may by notice in writing served upon the owner or occupier of any place or building prohibit the use of any light exposed to the sky.
(2) Where any light is exposed to the sky in contravention of a notice under subsection (1), the Director-General of Civil Aviation may by notice in writing served upon any supplier of electricity or gas require the discontinuance of the electricity or gas supplied to any such light.
(3) Any person aggrieved by any prohibition imposed under subsection (1) may appeal by way of petition to the Chief Executive in Council, but shall, pending the decision of such appeal, comply with the notice given pursuant to subsection (1). (Amended 61 of 1999 s. 3)
(Amended L.N. 326 of 2000)

11. Emergency extinguishment of lights exposed to sky
Notwithstanding that no notice has been given under section 10(1), where in the opinion of the Director-General of Civil Aviation the safety of aircraft requires that any light exposed to the sky should be immediately extinguished, he may require any supplier of electricity or gas immediately to discontinue for a period not exceeding 12 hours the supply of electricity or gas to such light, and if it is not practicable immediately to discontinue the supply to that light only, it shall be lawful for the supplier to discontinue the supply to other lighting to such extent as is necessary to effect the immediate extinguishment of that light.
(Amended L.N. 326 of 2000)

12. Power to enter premises to extinguish lights
Where any supplier of electricity or gas is required by notice under either section 10(2) or section 11 to discontinue the supply of electricity or gas to any light, it shall be lawful, for the purpose of giving effect to the requirement of such notice, for any servant or agent of such supplier to enter and where necessary, in the presence of a police officer, break into any building or place in which such light is exposed, and there to do all such work as is necessary to effect the discontinuance of the supply of electricity or gas to that light.

### Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 《香港機場(障礙管制)條例》

13. Director of Buildings empowered to carry out works
The Director of Buildings may, on application made to him by the Director-General of Civil Aviation, carry out such building works as may be necessary— (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; L.N. 326 of 2000)
(a) for the demolition or reduction in height of any building erected in contravention of section 4;
(b) for the demolition or reduction in height of any building which is required to be demolished or reduced in height by an order under section 3(1)(c), in any case—
(i) where the building works of such demolition or reduction have not been commenced by the date specified in a notice under section 5; (Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)
(ii) where such demolition or reduction has not been completed by the date specified in a notice under section 5; or
(iii) where the Director of Buildings is of opinion that such demolition or reduction is unlikely to be completed by the date specified in a notice under section 5; (Replaced 4 of 1958 s. 6. Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
(c) for the marking of any building or the provision of any light or the maintenance of any such marking or light where any person has not complied with a notice under section 6(3) requiring such works.

### Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 《香港機場(障礙管制)條例》

14. Powers of entry of Director of Buildings and Director-General of Civil Aviation
(1) The Director of Buildings or any public officer authorized in writing by him in that behalf may, during the hours of day-light, enter and where necessary, in the presence of a police officer, break into any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Ordinance or the requirements of any notice given thereunder have been or are being complied with, or for the purpose of carrying out or causing to be carried out any building works pursuant to the authority in that behalf conferred by section 7(1) or by section 13. (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
(2) The Director-General of Civil Aviation or any public officer authorized in writing by him in that behalf may at any time enter and where necessary, in the presence of a police officer, break into any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Ordinance relating to marks, lights or beacons, or the requirements of any notice under this Ordinance relating thereto, have been or are being complied with. (Amended L.N. 326 of 2000)