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313 PDFTitle:SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:6Heading:Restriction on installation of private port facilities, etc.Version Date:30/06/1997

(1) Subject to subsection (2), except with the written permission of the Director, no person shall lay, place, erect or maintain a port facility or any floating or other structure in the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) The Director may, by notice in the Gazette, specify any area of the waters of Hong Kong in which any floating or other structure specified in the notice may be laid, placed, erected or maintained without the permission of the Director.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000.
(4) Without prejudice to the liability for an offence under subsection (3), the Director may give such directions as he thinks fit for the removal, moving or modification of a port facility or any floating or other structure laid, placed, erected or maintained in contravention of subsection (1).