1355
(e) if any provision of the rules or regulations in respect 22 Geo. 5, of life saving appliances applicable to the ship is contravened
s. 5 (2). or not complied with,
then the owner of the ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the master of the ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
respect to
(4) A Government ship or engineer surveyor may Survey with inspect any ship for the purpose of seeing that the rules or life saving regulations in respect of life saving appliances applicable to appliances. the ship have been complied with in her case, and for the 22 Geo. 5, purpose of any such inspection shall have all the powers s 5(3). of a Board of Trade Inspector under the Merchant Shipping Acts.
c. 9,
deficiency.
(5) If the surveyor finds that the rules or regulations Notice of have not been complied with he shall give written notice to the owner or master stating in what respect the said rules 22 Geo. 5, or regulations have not been complied with, and what. in s. 5 (3). his opinion is required to rectify the matter.
c. 9.
granted and
(6) Every notice so given shall be communicated to the Clearance Harbour Master and a clearance shall not be granted to the not to be ship and the ship shall be detained until a certificate under ship to be the hand of a Government ship or engineer surveyor is produced to the effect that the matter has been rectified
detained
until pro- duction of certificate of rectifica- tion.
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 5 (3).
hoat drill
ination of
(7) The master of every British ship shall enter or cause Entry in to be entered in the official log book a statement, or, if there log-book of is no official log-book cause a record to be kept, of every and exam- occasion on which boat drill is practised on board the ship, life-saving and on which the life-saving appliances on board the ship appliances. have been examined for the purpose of seeing that those 6 Ed. 7, appliances are fit and ready for use; and if, in the case of c. 48, a passenger ship, boat drill is not practised on board the ship 22 Geo. 5, in any week, the master shall enter a statement of the reasons c. 9, why boat drill was not practised in that week.
s. 9 (1).
s. 5 (5).
14. Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Substitution 1899, is also amended by the repeal of the second proviso at of 2nd the end thereof and by the substitution of the following Ordinance proviso:
Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (7) inclusive of this section shall not apply to any ship of a Safety Convention country which carries a valid Safety Certificate, or to any ship of a non-Convention country with regard to which it has been declared by order of His Majesty in Council that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as those of the Merchant Shipping Acts, on proof that such former provisions are complied with in the case of that ship.
proviso to
No. 10 of 1899, s. 13.
15. Section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the figures "1932" of Ordin-
ance No. 10 of 1899, for the figures "1890" in sub-section (14) (d) thereof.
s. 19 (14).
16. Section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the figures "1932” for the figures "1890" in sub-section (3) thereof.
of Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 20 (3).