Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance

(1)
If the permittee of an emergency excavation permit anticipates that he has to make or maintain an emergency excavation for more than 7 days, the permittee shall apply to the Authority for the issue of an excavation permit before the expiry of the initial period of the excavation.
(2)
Upon receipt of an application mentioned in subsection (1
)—
(a)
an excavation permit is deemed to be issued to the permittee of an emergency excavation
permit—
(i)
on the same terms and conditions as an emergency excavation permit; and
(ii)
commencing from the date of the commencement of the emergency incident to which an emergency excavation permit relates and expiring on the date of the notification of the result of the application; and
(b)
the initial period under an emergency excavation permit is deemed to be extinguished.
(3)
The Authority shall determine the period for which an excavation permit deemed to be issued under subsection
(2
)(
a)
shall be valid and may revise the expiry date of the permit to a date which is later than the original expiry date.
(4)
If the period determined by the Authority under subsection (3) is shorter than the period applied for by the permittee under subsection (1), the Authority may, in respect of an excavation permit deemed to be issued under subsection
(2
)(
a)
, grant an extension for a period commencing from a date next following the expiry of the permit and expiring on the last day of the period applied for by the permittee.
(5)
The Authority may require a permittee to pay the appropriate prescribed fee for an excavation permit deemed to be issued and an extension granted under this section.