THL HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1907.
repealed by the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and it was provided by the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894 that Orders in Council so made should remain in force as if made or granted under the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894:
And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 it is further provided that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, revoke, alter or add to any Order in Council made under the Merchant Shipping Acts:
And whereas by the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891, it was declared inter alia that Colonial Certificates of Competency granted by certain Authorities therein named and described in the case of the several British Possessions therein mentioned to per- sons intending to act as therein mentioned on board British ships should be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Acts relating to merchant shipping:
And whereas by the said Order last mentioned the regulations set out in the Schedule A. thereto with respect to the said Colonial Certificates of Competency were imposed and made and it was declared that the regulations set out in the said Schedule A. thereto should apply to all Colonial Certificates of Competency that might theretofore have been or should thereafter be granted:
And whereas by the said Order in Council of the 23rd day of November 1893 it was declared that Colonial Certificates of Competency granted by the Marine Board of Victoria from and after the 21st day of December 1888 as therein mentioned should be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Acts relating to merchant shipping and should be subject to the same conditions and regulations as are set out in Schedule A. to the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891:
And whereas by the provisions of the Navigation (Amendment) Act 1899 passed by the Legislature of New South Wales and by the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1903 passed by the Legislature of New Zealand certain changes were made in the Authorities authorised by the said Legislatures respectively to grant Colonial Certificates of Competency in those Possessions respectively and other similar changes may be made by the Legislature of the British Possessions referred to in the said Orders in Council with regard to the Authorities authorised to grant such Certificates in such several Possessions:
And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that it is expedient that the said Orders in Council should be so altered as to apply to Certificates of Competency granted by the proper Authority for the time being in the British Possessions mentioned in the said Orders in Council:
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of His Privy Council, is hereby pleased:-
To declare that the Colonial Certificates of Competency granted or to be hereafter granted by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Administrator, Head of the Government, Minister, Board, Body or Corporation of or in any British Possession mentioned in the said Orders in Council for the time being authorised by the Legislature or Legislative Authority of such Possession to grant Colonial Certificates of Competency (hereinafter called "the proper authority") from and after the respective dates in the case of the several Possessions with reference to the several kinds of Certificate in the said Orders in Council mentioned shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and shall be subject to the same conditions and regulations as are set out in Schedule A. to the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891 and the said Orders in Council shall be read and construed as if the proper authority had been originally mentioned therein in the case of each such Possession in lieu of the Authority in each case actually named and described therein.
A. W. FITZROY,