THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 5, 1937.
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No. 144.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1899. (MERCHANT SHIPPING).
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 (8) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, the Governor in Council rescinds the rules as to the conduct of examinations instituted for persons who wish to procure colonial certificates of competency as engineers in the mercantile marine and as to the qualifications of applicants published as Government Notification No. 180 in the Gazette of the 27th March, 1931, and as Government Notification No. 390 in the Gazette of the 26th June, 1931, and lays down the following rules in substitution therefor :-
CHAPTER I.
General Rules.
1. These rules are supplemental to the rules laid down by the Governor in Council under section 4 (8) of the Mer- chant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, published as Government Notification No. 770 in the Gazette of the 24th December, 1930.
2. Examination of Aliens.--No alien may be examin- ed for a certificate of competency as First Class Engineer unless he has acted as Chief Engineer of a British ship at some time during the War, and is certified by the Admiralty to have performed good and faithful service in that capacity.
3. Certificates.-The term "certificate" in these Rules means a certificate issued by the Board of Trade, or by a British Possession under Order in Council in accordance with The holder Section 102 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. of a certificate so issued must not be examined in the United Kingdom for a certificate of the grade already held.
Certificates are designated "Ordinary" or "Motor", according to whether they relate to service in steamships or motor ships.
4. Value of Certificates.-Ordinary certificates entitle the holders to go to sea, in the grades certified, as Engineers of any steamship in the British Mercantile Marine; but they are not available for service in ships propelled by internal combustion engines, unless endorsed for the purpose as pro- vided for in rule 34.
Motor certificates entitle the holders to go to sea, in the grades certified, as Engineers of any vessels in the British Mercantile Marine propelled by internal combustion engines using oil, spirit, gas or other similar motive agent; but they are not available for service in steamships, unless endorsed for the purpose as provided for in rule 34.