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(78 of 1999 s. 7) (Cap 132, section 116) [23 December 1960] (G.N.A. 155 of 1960) ________________________________________________________________________________ Note: This Regulation is deemed to have been made pursuant to section 116(1)(e) of the Ordinance as amended by the Public Health and Urban Services (Amendment) Ordinance 1969 as if that paragraph, as so amended, had been in force when this Regulation was made - see Ordinance 48 of 1969 s. 16. Cap 132BF s 1 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 2 Interpretation In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- (78 of 1999 s. 7) "building works" (建筑工程) includes any kind of building construction, site formation, repairs, demolition, alteration, addition and every kind of building operation, and includes drainage works; (L.N. 204 of 1972) "Director" (署长) means the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "private cemetery" (私营坟场) means any cemetery specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Ordinance. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 3 Management (1) The person entitled to the possession of any private cemetery shall appoint some person, not being a corporation, to be the manager thereof, and shall register with the Director the name and address of the person who is, for the time being, so appointed. (2) In the event of any change in the address of the person who is so appointed, the person entitled to the possession of the cemetery shall, within 14 days of such change, notify the Director thereof. (3) The manager so appointed shall- (a) maintain the cemetery at all times in a clean and tidy condition; (b) prevent the accumulation in the cemetery of any water likely to contain larvae or pupae of mosquitoes; and (c) submit to the Director rules providing for the management and control of the cemetery. (L.N. 80 of 1976)(4) The Director may approve the rules with or without modifications. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 4 Building work subject to consent of Director (1) No building works shall be carried out in a private cemetery without the consent in writing of the Director. (2) The Director may require the manager of a private cemetery to carry out any work therein which he considers necessary for reasons of public safety or health within such time as the Director considers reasonable. (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123). (L.N. 204 of 1972; 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 5 Register of burials (1) The manager of every private cemetery shall maintain a register in which shall be recorded, not later than 48 hours after the reception into the cemetery of any human remains, the particulars specified in the Schedule relating to the person whose human remains have been received therein and to such remains, together with the signature of the person in charge of the disposal thereof. (2) Each month, not later than the 7th day thereof, the manager of every private cemetery shall send to the Director a duplicate copy of every entry recorded during the preceding month in such register. (3) The duplicate copy sent to the Director in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) shall be open to inspection by any member of the public on application to the Director. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (4) On 1 April 1973 and thereafter at the expiration of each period of 3 months, the manager of a private cemetery shall forward to the Director a return showing the number of grave spaces, vaults and niches available for allocation. (L.N. 204 of 1972; 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 6 Allocation and size of grave spaces (1) The manager of a private cemetery shall allocate a grave space only for the immediate interment of human remains. (2) If an interment does not take place within 1 month from the date of allocation of the grave space, the manager shall cancel the allocation and shall refund any fees which may have been paid for the interment. (3) Save as provided in subsection (7), no interment shall take place in an allocated grave space other than the interment for which the grave space was allocated under subsection (1). (78 of 1999 s. 7) (4) A grave for the interment of human remains, other than those resulting from exhumation or ashes after cremation, shall not exceed an area of 900 x 2400 mm. (L.N. 80 of 1976; L.N. 89 of 1979) (5) A grave for the reburial of human remains after exhumation or for the interment of ashes after cremation shall not exceed an area of 900 x 900 mm, except in any case to which section 121 of the Ordinance applies. (L.N. 80 of 1976; L.N. 89 of 1979) (6) Not more than one grave space shall be allocated for the interment of one set of human remains. (7) Subject to the provisions of section 9(1), several interments may be allowed in one grave on application by the person to whom a grave space has been allocated. (L.N. 80 of 1976; 78 of 1999 s. 7) (8) Subsections (4) and (5) shall not apply to a grave in a grave space where the grave space was duly reserved or set aside for a person prior to 1 January 1973 in accordance with any rules, regulations or other document governing the management of the cemetery and by a person duly authorized to so reserve or set aside the grave space. (L.N. 80 of 1976; 78 of 1999 s. 7) |