THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935.
(b) The Governor may, as respects passenger steamers plying on any international coasting voyage, modify any requirement of the said Rules, if and to the extent that he is satisfied that the risks incurred by steamers plying on that voyage are such as to make it unreasonable or unnecessary for such steamers to comply with that requirement;
(c) The Governor may, as respects passenger steamers engaged in any passenger trade in which they are employed in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed passengers, if he is satisfied that it is impracticable for steamers so engaged to comply with the require- ments of the said Rules, modify the said requirements in such manner as may appear to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 5 of Article twelve of the Safely Convention.
Wireless Telegraphy.
Survey of ships other than passen- ger steamers
10. The owner of every British ship of sixteen hundred tons gross tonnage or upwards registered in Hong Kong, not being a passenger steamer or a ship exempt under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act, 1919, in force in Hong Kong, by wireless from the obligations imposed by that Act, shall, before the ship first telegraphy proceeds to sea on an international voyage from a port in Hong Kong surveyors. after the expiration of twelve months from the commencement of this Part of this Act and once in each year thereafter, cause the ship to be surveyed by a wireless telegraphy surveyor in the same manner as if she were a passenger steamer required to be provided with a wireless telegraph installation, and the provisions of subsections eight, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of section ten of the Ordinance of 1899 shall apply accordingly.
Certificates.
11.-(1) If the Governor, on receipt of declarations of survey in Issue of respect of a passenger steamer, is satisfied that the steamer complies safety
certificates with all the construction regulations, rules for life-saving appliances and passen- and wireless telegraphy rules applicable to passenger steamers plying ger steamer's' on international voyages, the Governor shall, on the application of exemption the owner of the steamer, issue in respect of the steamer a safety certificates. certificate stating that the steamer complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention, and any certificate issued under this sub- section is hereafter in this Part of this Act referred to as "a general safety certificate.”
(2) If, on receipt of declarations of survey in respect of a passenger steamer plying on short international voyages, the Governor is satisfied that the steamer complies with the construction regula- tions and the Rules for Life-Saving Appliances applicable to such steamers, and also complies with the wireless telegraphy rules applicable to steamers plying on international voyages, the Governor shall, on the application of the owner of the steamer, issue in respect of the steamer a safety certificate stating that the steamer complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention applicable to a'short international voyage, and any certificate issued under this subsection is hereafter in this Part of this Act referred to as "a short voyage safety certificate.'
(3) If the Governor, on receipt of declarations of survey in respect of a passenger steamer, is satisfied that the steamer----
(a) complies with all the construction regulations and rules for life-saving appliances applicable to passenger steamers plying on international voyages or with such of those regulations and rules as are applicable to steamers plying on short international voyages, and also is exempt under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act, 1919, in force in Hong Kong, from the obligations imposed by those provisions; or
(b) complies with the construction regulations and the rules for life-saving appliances applicable to steamers plying on any international coasting voyage or steamers engaged in any special passenger trade, and also either complies with the wireless telegraphy rules applicable to steamers plying on international voyages or is exempt under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act, 1919, in force in Hong Kong from the obligations imposed by those provisions;
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