Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Charges for Discharge of Polluting Waste) Regulation
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 1 of 2024)
[1 August 1995] L.N. 352 of 1995
(Format changes—E.R. 1 of 2024)
(Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2024)
In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires—
authority (監督) means the public officer specified in Schedule 1; Centre (中心) means the premises situated at Tsing Yi Island and known as the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre; noxious liquid substance (有毒液體物質) has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations (Cap. 413 sub. leg. B); polluting waste (污染廢物) means—(a)any liquid oil waste or any other mixtures which contain oil;(b)any sludge; or(c)any noxious liquid substance or any other mixtures which contain a residue of any noxious liquid substance; reception facilities (接收設施) means facilities provided by the Centre which enable sea-going ships to discharge polluting wastes; sea-going ship (可在海域航行的船舶) means any vessel other than a vessel required to be certificated under the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance (Cap. 548); (43 of 1999 s. 91) sludge (油類淤渣) means any oil residue which cannot be discharged through ordinary piping arrangement.Subject to subsection (3), the charges prescribed under subsection (2) shall be payable to the authority for the use of reception facilities for the purpose of discharging polluting waste from a sea-going ship.
The charges payable under subsection (1) shall consist of a collection charge and a disposal charge determined in accordance with the rates prescribed in Schedule 2.
The authority may, where he thinks fit, exempt any sea-going ship, or any class of sea-going ship from the payment of any charge payable under this Regulation.
The owner or his agent or the master of a sea-going ship from which it is intended to discharge polluting waste shall, not less than 72 hours prior to the intended time of arrival of the ship at the Centre, give notice in writing to the authority of the following information—
the intended date and time of arrival of the ship at the Centre;
the intended duration of stay of the ship in Hong Kong; and
the type of waste intended to be discharged.
If any charges payable in respect of a sea-going ship under section 3 are not paid on demand made by the authority, the Director may detain the ship in the waters of Hong Kong until the charges are paid.
The Chief Executive may, by order in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1.
| Item | Particular | Amount $ | ||||
| 1. | Collection charge (for each cubic metre or part thereof)— | |||||
| (a) | for all types of polluting waste other than sludge | 675 | ||||
| (b) | for sludge | 2,540 | ||||
| 2. | Disposal charge (for each cubic metre or part thereof)— | |||||
| For each type of polluting waste— | ||||||
| (a) | liquid oil waste or any other mixtures which contain oil | 840 | ||||
| (b) | sludge | 9,230 | ||||
| (c) | noxious liquid substance or any other mixtures which contain residue of any noxious liquid substance | 1,320 | ||||
(L.N. 465 of 1996; L.N. 569 of 1997; L.N. 8 of 2006; L.N. 99 of 2008)