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AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG
SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 36/86
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HONG KONG
No. 36 OF 1986
I assent.
L.S.
Edward YOUDE,
Governor.
3 July 1986
An Ordinance to amend the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance.
[4 July 1986]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Shipping and Port Control (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1986.
2.
Section 24(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting the definition of "certificate of competency";
(b) by inserting after the definition of "licence" the following-
3.
"local certificate of competency" means a certificate of competency
issued under this Part;".
Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1) by inserting before "certificates" the following—
"local";
(b) by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following—
"(2) The Director may make rules prescribing or providing for-
(a) the issue by the Director of local certificates of competency
and the method of granting such certificates;
(b) the classes and grades of local certificates of competency and
the endorsements appropriate to each class and grade; (c) the combining of two or more classes or grades of local
certificate of competency in one document if appropriate; (d) the addition or removal of endorsements on local certificates
of competency;
(e) the recognition of one type of local certificate of competency as equivalent to another type of local certificate of compe- tency for all or specified purposes;
(f) the procedure for applying for a local certificate of compe- tency and for the conduct of examinations under subsection (1);
(g) the subjects to be taken at such examinations or the manner in
which those subjects are to be specified;
(h) the standards of competency to be attained by candidates in order to pass such examinations and other conditions to be satisfied by candidates, and applicants for a local certificate of competency;
(i) the requirements to be satisfied for a person to be exempted
under subsection (5) from any part of such an examination;
Amendment of section 24. (Cap. 313.)
Amendment of section 29.
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