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[接上页] (4) A notice under subsection (1) of intended seizure of any livestock shall state- (a) the grounds upon which the Director seeks to rely in reasonably suspecting that that livestock is being kept in contravention of section 15A(1) or 15AA; and (Amended 28 of 1994 s. 11) (b) the date on which the Director intends to apply to a magistrate for a warrant to seize that livestock being a date not less than 7 clear days following service of the notice.(5) A notice under subsection (1) of intended seizure of any livestock shall be deemed to have been duly served on the owner of the livestock or the livestock keeper (other than the owner) if it- (a) is delivered to him, or to the person whom the Director believes to be the owner or the livestock keeper; or (b) is sent by recorded delivery to the livestock premises in or on which the livestock the subject of the intended seizure is kept.(6) The magistrate shall, before issuing a warrant under subsection (2), give the owner of the livestock or the livestock keeper (other than the owner) if present before him the opportunity of addressing him on the reasonableness or otherwise of the grounds relied upon by the Director under subsection (4)(a). (Part IIIA added 58 of 1987 s. 7) Cap 354 s 15F Director may grant written authorization (1) The Director may authorize in writing any person to keep livestock in or on any premises in a livestock waste restriction area if he is satisfied that- (a) the premises have been continuously used for livestock keeping for at least 12 months before the commencement of section 2 of the Waste Disposal (Amendment) Ordinance 1994 (28 of 1994); and (b) no ex gratia payment for cessation of livestock keeping in or on the premises has been made by the Government.(2) Any person may apply to the Director for a grant to him of an authorization under subsection (1). (3) The Director may require the person making the application to furnish any relevant information and documents of any class or description before deciding whether or not to grant the authorization. (4) The Director may, after he has received a written application made under subsection (2) and any relevant information and documents he had required under subsection (3)- (a) grant a written authorization to the applicant; or (b) serve a notice on the applicant notifying him that the Director has decided to refuse to grant a written authorization to him.(5) If the Director is satisfied that a person authorized under subsection (1) is no longer keeping livestock in or on the premises on which he is authorized to keep livestock, he may revoke the written authorization by serving a notice of revocation on that person. (6) For the purposes of this section- (a) a notice under subsection (4)(b) is duly served if it is served personally on the applicant or sent by registered post to his last known address; (b) a notice under subsection (5) is duly served if it is served personally on the authorized person or his employee, or is sent by registered post to the authorized person's last known address, or is left with any occupier over the age of 18 years of the relevant premises. (Added 28 of 1994 s. 12) Cap 354 s 15G Notification of livestock waste pollution PART IIIB NOTIFICATION OF POLLUTION ARISING FROM LIVESTOCK WASTE (1) Where in the opinion of the Director pollution to the environment by livestock waste generated or produced in or on livestock premises exists or is imminent, the Director may notify in writing the livestock keeper of the livestock premises of the existence or imminence of such pollution. (2) The Director may, in a notice under subsection (1), direct the livestock keeper to- (a) comply with any standard or limit contained in any relevant Code of Practice; (b) cease the use of or remove any plant, machinery, vehicle, or equipment which in the opinion of the Director is used in an improper manner or improper for the collection, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of waste, and to implement any remedial measures as may be specified in the notice; (c) restore the proper operation of any plant, machinery, vehicle, equipment or process for the collection, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of waste, or maintain such plant, machinery, vehicle or equipment, in a proper manner as specified in the notice; (d) acquire and use proper and sufficient plant, machinery, vehicles or equipment for the collection, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of waste as specified in the notice; (e) cease any procedure used for the collection, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of waste as specified in the notice; and (f) take such other appropriate measures for the purpose of preventing or mitigating pollution as are specified in the notice,within a specified period. (3) A notice issued under subsection (1) shall specify a reasonable period of time for the livestock keeper to comply with its directions. (4) The Director may issue any such supplementary notice as may be necessary to vary or add to the directions of a previous notice. |