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132 PDFTitle:PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:15Heading:Regulations as to cleansing and prevention of nuisancesVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) The Authority may make regulations prescribing or providing for-

        (a) the prevention of nuisance or danger to health or person arising from salt, effluvia, offal, fish, litter, waste or other matter or thing, including the liability of the owner or occupier of any premises, or the driver, registered owner or hirer of any motor vehicle, in relation to the prevention of such nuisance or danger; (Replaced 72 of 1981 s. 3)
        (b) the prevention, control and collection of litter or waste, including the liability of the owner or occupier of any premises, or the driver, registered owner or hirer of any motor vehicle, in relation to such prevention, control and collection; (Amended 72 of 1981 s. 3)
        (c) the cleansing of any premises or place by any person;
        (d) the prevention or restriction of scavenging and of picking over of waste;
        (e) the times during which any excretal matter or offensive or noxious thing may be removed or carried by road or water in or through any district or place, and the construction of vehicles, containers or vessels used for such purpose so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or thing and so as to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom;
        (f) the removal or disposal of street waste, household waste or excretal matter, and the duties of the owner or occupier of any premises in relation to household waste or excretal matter so as to prevent nuisances arising therefrom and to facilitate its removal or disposal by any lawful scavenging or conservancy service;
        (g) the provision, design and construction of containers for the collection and storage of household waste; (Replaced 8 of 1980 s. 37)
        (h) (Repealed 49 of 1994 s. 2)
        (i) the additional sum to be paid on the recovery under the provisions of section 22(3) of any article or thing seized under the provisions of subsection (2) of that section;
        (j) regulating or prohibiting the employment of children in the removal or disposal of waste. (Amended 46 of 1972 s. 2; 8 of 1980 s. 37)
(1A) Regulations made under this section may provide that, where an owner of premises cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from Hong Kong or under disability, the regulations shall apply to an agent of the owner. (Added 48 of 1969 s. 3. Amended 10 of 1986 s. 24)
(1B) Regulations made under this section may provide that the court by which a person is convicted of an offence consisting of a failure to comply with a notice given under the regulations may, in addition to imposing any other penalty, make an order for the payment by such person to the Authority of the whole or part of any expenses incurred by the Authority in carrying out any work necessary to satisfy the requirements of the notice. (Added 58 of 1973 s. 3)
(1C) (Repealed 37 of 1987 s. 2)
(2) (Repealed 8 of 1980 s. 37)