(b)
cases in which they would have been salvage services
if they had been rendered in relation to a vessel;
and where salvage services are rendered by an
aircraft to any property or person, the owner of the
aircraft shall be entitled to the same reward for
those services as he would have been entitled to if
the aircraft had been a vessel.
Paragraph (a) shall have effect notwithstanding that
the aircraft concerned is not for the time being
registered in Hong Kong, and notwithstanding that the
services in question are rendered elsewhere than
within the limits of the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) The Governor in Council may by regulations direct that any
provisions of any law of Hong Kong for the time being in force which
relate to wreck, to salvage of life or property or to the duty of
rendering assistance to vessels in distress shall, with such
exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be
specified in the regulations, apply in relation to aircraft as those
provisions apply in relation to vessels.
(3) For the purposes of this section, any provisions of any
law of Hong Kong which relate to vessels laid by or neglected as
unfit for sea service shall be deemed to be provisions relating to
wreck.
10.
Exemption of aircraft and parts thereof from seizure on patent claims
(1) Any lawful entry into Hong Kong or any lawful transit
across Hong Kong, with or without landings, of an aircraft to which
this section applies shall not entail any seizure or detention of