Protection of the Harbour Ordinance & Court Judgements

Chapter 531: Protection of the Harbour Ordinance

Table of Chapter 531: Protection of the Harbour Ordinance
Title	Gazette Number	Version Date
Long title	75 of 1999	03/12/1999
Section: 1 - Short title		30/06/1997
This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance.
Section: 2 - Interpretation	75 of 1999	03/12/1999
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "reclamation" (填海) means any works carried out or intended to be carried out for the purpose of forming land from the sea-bed or foreshore; (Replaced 9 of 1998 s. 3) "relevant Ordinance" (有關條例) means- (a) the Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance (Cap 127); (b) the Cross-Harbour Tunnel Ordinance (Cap 203);* (c) the Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance (Cap 215); (d) the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 276); (e) the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap 370); (f) the Western Harbour Crossing Ordinance (Cap 436); or (g) any other Ordinance under which reclamation is authorized or which otherwise provides for reclamation. (Amended 9 of 1998 s. 3; 75 of 1999 s. 3) Note: * Repealed ─ see 44 of 1999 s. 45.
Section: 3 - Presumption against reclamation in the harbour	75 of 1999	03/12/1999
(1) The harbour is to be protected and preserved as a special public asset and a natural heritage of Hong Kong people, and for that purpose there shall be a presumption against reclamation in the harbour. (Amended 75 of 1999 s.4) (2) All public officers and public bodies shall have regard to the principle stated in subsection (1) for guidance in the exercise of any powers vested in them.
Section: 4 - Transitional	75 of 1999	03/12/1999
(1) This Ordinance does not apply to any reclamation authorized under a relevant Ordinance before the commencement of this Ordinance. (Amended 75 of 1999 s. 5) (2) The Protection of the Harbour (Amendment) Ordinance 1999 (75 of 1999) ("the Amendment Ordinance") does not apply to any reclamation authorized under a relevant Ordinance before the commencement of the Amendment Ordinance. (Added 75 of 1999 s. 5)
Schedule: 1 - (Repealed 75 of 1999 s. 6)	75 of 1999	03/12/1999

Cap 531 - PROTECTION OF THE HARBOUR ORDINANCE