### Waste Disposal Ordinance 《廢物處置條例》

21A. Circumstances under which waste disposal licence for chemical waste, clinical waste, e-waste or container waste is to be granted
(Amended 13 of 2016 s. 13)Without limiting section 21(4), if a person applies for a waste disposal licence in respect of any land or premises, the licensing authority must not grant the licence in respect of chemical waste, clinical waste, e-waste or container waste under that section unless the licensing authority is satisfied that the land or premises has a waste disposal facility that— (Amended 13 of 2016 s. 13)
(a) has the capacity to dispose of such minimum quantity of chemical waste, clinical waste, e-waste or container waste (as the case requires) and within such period as may be prescribed; or
(b) is capable of disposing of chemical waste, clinical waste, e-waste or container waste (as the case requires) in such other manner as may be prescribed.
(Replaced 3 of 2016 s. 18. Amended 13 of 2016 s. 13)

22. Effect of licences
(1) A waste collection licence shall, subject to the terms and conditions thereof and during the period specified therein, authorize and require all or any of the following— (Amended 6 of 2006 s. 15)
(a) the removal and disposal of household waste, street waste, trade waste, livestock waste or animal waste; (Amended 58 of 1987 s. 8)
(b) the cleansing and emptying of pail latrines;
(c) the desludging of aqua privies and septic tanks; 
(d) the removal and disposal of excretal matter from such latrines, privies and tanks; 
(e) the collection or removal of chemical waste or clinical waste (as the case may be). (Added 86 of 1991 s. 10)
(2) A waste disposal licence shall, subject to the terms and conditions thereof and during the period specified therein, authorize the use of land or premises for the disposal of waste.
(Amended 86 of 1991 s. 10; 6 of 2006 s. 15)

### Waste Disposal Ordinance 《廢物處置條例》

23A. Authorized officers
Any public officer may be authorized in writing by—
(a) the Director; or
(b) the collection authority; or
(c) the waste disposal authority,
to perform or exercise all or any of the functions, duties or powers which are imposed or conferred by this Ordinance upon the Director, the collection authority or the waste disposal authority, as the case may be, by which the public officer is so authorized, or which by virtue of this Ordinance may be exercised by an authorized officer.

23B. Power of authority to obtain information
(1) By notice in writing served on any person—
(a) the collection authority; or
(b) the waste disposal authority,
may require that person to furnish to the authority so requiring, within such time and in such form as is specified in the notice, any information specified in the notice which that authority may reasonably require for the purpose of exercising and performing its functions, duties and powers under this Ordinance.
(2) A person who—
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served on him under subsection (1); or
(b) in purported compliance with such a notice, makes any statement to the authority which he knows to be incorrect in a material respect or recklessly makes any statement to the authority which is incorrect in a material respect or knowingly omits any material particular,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6. (Amended 28 of 1994 s. 17; E.R. 5 of 2021)

### Waste Disposal Ordinance 《廢物處置條例》

23C. Powers of authorized officers to enter premises, etc.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an authorized officer may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, without a warrant enter any place or premises, stop any vehicle, or stop and board any vessel if he has reason to suspect that—
(a) the place, premises, vehicle or vessel is being used for, or in connection with, the production, collection, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of any waste; or
(b) there is in the place, premises, vehicle or vessel any thing likely to be, or to contain, evidence of an offence against this Ordinance.
(2) An authorized officer shall not under subsection (1) enter any domestic premises (other than that part of such premises in or on which there is a waste treatment plant or facilities for the storage of any waste) or board any vessel used wholly or principally for dwelling purposes unless he has first obtained a warrant issued by a magistrate under subsection (3) for that purpose.
(3) A magistrate may issue a warrant to any authorized officer to enter domestic premises or to board any vessel used wholly or principally for dwelling purposes if the magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a) an offence against this Ordinance is being or has been committed in or on those premises or on that vessel; and
(b) there is in or on those premises or on that vessel any thing likely to be, or to contain, evidence of an offence against this Ordinance.
(4) An authorized officer who enters any place or premises, stops any vehicle or boards any vessel shall, if required—
(a) produce evidence of his identity and of his authorization under section 23A; and
(b) if a warrant is under this section required for entry, produce that warrant.

### Waste Disposal Ordinance 《廢物處置條例》

23E. Analysis of samples
(1) A certificate of analysis of a sample of any waste or other matter obtained from any place, premises, vehicle or vessel under section 23D(f) may be tendered in evidence in any proceedings under this Ordinance and shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of the facts stated therein if the procedure in this section has been complied with, or substantially complied with so far as is reasonably practicable, in relation to that sample.
(2) An authorized officer who obtains a sample of any waste or other matter under subsection (1) shall—
(a) (Repealed 6 of 2006 s. 18)(b) place the sample in a container and suitably mark or label the container;
(c) ensure that the person in charge of the place, premises, vehicle or vessel from which the sample is obtained or his employee or agent—
(i) (Repealed 6 of 2006 s. 18)(ii) is informed that the sample is intended to be submitted to the analyst for analysis; and
(d) personally submit the sample to the analyst for analysis. (Amended 6 of 2006 s. 18)
(3) As soon as the analyst has completed an analysis under subsection (2)(d) he shall furnish to the collection authority or the waste disposal authority, as the case may be, and to the person in charge of the place, premises, vehicle or vessel from which the sample was obtained or his employee or agent, a certificate of the results of the analysis.
(4) A certificate under subsection (3) shall be signed by the analyst but the analysis may be made by a person acting under the directions of the analyst and any certificate purporting to be signed by the analyst shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been signed by him.
(5) The Governor may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint any person to be an analyst for the purposes of this section.