THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1936
No. 437.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1899. (MERCHANT SHIPPING).
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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 (6) and section 13 (1) and section 37 (2) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1935, and of all other powers there- unto enabling, the Governor in. Council makes the following regulations as to fire appliances :----
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations, 1935, and shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of July, 1936.
Classification of Ships.
2. For the purposes of these 'regulations ships are divided into the several Groups and Classes set forth in Regulation 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1935.
Application.
3. These regulations shall apply to all new ships of Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Group I (hereinafter referred to as Class A) and to all new ships in Group II (hereinafter referred to as Class B), and to all existing ships of those classes save in so far as the Governor may in the exercise of the power conferred on him by section 10 (6) a of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1935, treat such existing ships as complying with the requirements of these regulations.
These regulations do not apply to ships of Classes 1 and 2 in Group I, to which ships the Board of Trade Rules apply, or to ships of Classes 11, 12 and 13 in Group J.
Interpretation.
4. In these regulations,
(1) "Motor Ship" means a ship propelled by internal combustion engines.
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"Length" as applied to a ship means registered length.
(2) So far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of these regulations the definitions contained in Regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations, 1935, shall apply in the interpreta- tion of these regulations.
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