Government Plans Law Amendments to Permit Entry to Investigate Nuisances Including Building Water Seepage and Air-Conditioner Drips
政府擬修例賦權進入涉嫌單位調查樓宇滲水及冷氣機滴水等妨擾
A spokesperson for the Environment and Ecology Bureau said that building water seepage and dripping air conditioners could cause nuisances to neighbours. To enable investigators to enter premises suspected of being the source of a nuisance as soon as possible, the bill proposes making it an offence to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a notice of intended entry to premises. It would also extend the hours during which door-to-door investigations may be conducted from 7am to 7pm to 7am to 10pm, in line with residents’ daily routines. The bill would also increase the penalties for failing to abate a nuisance within the specified period as required by a government notice and/or court order, to ensure that sanitary nuisance problems are resolved as soon as possible.
環境及生態局發言人表示，樓宇滲水及冷氣機滴水等情況會對鄰里造成妨擾。為讓調查人員可盡快進入涉嫌構成妨擾源頭的單位，《條例草案》建議將沒有合理辯解而不遵從擬進入處所通知書訂為違法行為，同時延長可登門調查的時段，由現時上午7時至下午7時，至上午7時至下午10時，以配合市民的作息時間。《條例草案》亦會提高不遵守政府通知及或法庭命令在指定期限內減除妨擾的罰則，以確保衞生妨擾問題得以盡快解決。