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[接上页] Cap 285 s 67 Power of Chief Executive in Council to make regulations Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 57 of 1999 s. 3 (1) The Chief Executive in Council may by regulation provide for- (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3) (a) all matters which by this Ordinance are required or permitted to be prescribed; (b) the manner in which application for prospecting licences, mining licences and mining leases shall be made, and the forms to be used; (c) the rentals, fees, premiums and other payments to be paid for prospecting licences, mining licences and mining leases; (d) the rates of royalties to be paid to the Government, the method of calculation of the amount of such royalties and the manner and time of payment thereof, or the determination of all or any of such matters by the Commissioner; (Amended 8 of 1966 s. 2) (e) the extent of the areas in respect of which prospecting licences, mining licences and mining leases may be granted; (f) the manner in which areas and boundaries shall be surveyed and marked, and the fees payable in respect of such survey; (g) the imposition of obligations upon holders of prospecting and mining licences and upon lessees of mining leases; (Replaced 33 of 1960 s. 25) (h) the construction and use of roads, tramways and railways; (i) the making of pits and shafts, and the construction and erection of houses, machinery and other works to be used for mining purposes; (j) the fencing off or rendering secure of any shaft, tunnel, well, trench, drive or other works constructed or made for prospecting or mining purposes; (k) the grazing of animals; (l) the cutting down and use of timber for the purpose of carrying out prospecting or mining; (m) the returns to be rendered and the accounts, registers, books and plans to be kept by the holders of prospecting licences, mining licences and mining leases; (n) the disposal of any poisonous or noxious products resulting from prospecting or mining; (o) the disposal of sludge and tailings and the declaring of watercourses to be sludge channels; (p) the safety, welfare, health and housing conditions of persons employed in mining operations and the carrying on of prospecting or mining operations in a safe, sanitary, proper, economic and effectual manner; (q) the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing done under this Ordinance; (r) the procedure on appeal under Part V to the Board; (s) the imposition of a penalty not exceeding a fine of one thousand dollars and six months' imprisonment for a contravention of any regulation; and (t) the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance. (Amended 33 of 1960 s. 25)(2) Any regulations made under subsection (1) shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of- (a) the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 295); (b) the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance (Cap 56); (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 58) (c) the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap 59); (Replaced 34 of 1955 s. 15) (d) the New Territories Ordinance (Cap 97); (e) the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123),and of the provisions of any regulations made thereunder; but if there is any conflict between any regulations made under subsection (1) and any such provisions as aforesaid, the regulations made under subsection (1) shall prevail. Cap 285 s 68 Saving Nothing in this Ordinance shall exempt any person from compliance with the provisions of the Radiation Ordinance (Cap 303). (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 102) |