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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 27, 1931.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 180
Hong Kong.
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 the applicants, laid down and made by the Governor in Council under section 4 (8) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, on the 18th day of March, 1931.
RULES.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL RULES.
1. These rules are laid down in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and are supplemental to the rules made by the Governor in Council under section 4 (8) of the said Ordinance and published in the Gazette of the 24th December, 1930, as Government Notification No. 770.
2. Examination of Aliens.-No alien may be examined 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 section 102 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. The holder 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.
5. Examination of Engine Room Artificers.-Artificer Engineers, Chief Engine Room Artificers, Engine Room Artificers, and Mechanicians in the Royal Navy may be examined for certificates of competency on the same conditions as Engineers in the Mercantile Marine.
6. Application by Naval Officers.-The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed that applications from officers of the Royal Navy for permission to be examined for certificates of competency must in the case of officers on the active list be made through the Commanding Officer to the Secretary to the Admiralty and in the case of officers who are on half pay or who have retired, direct to the Secretary to the Admiralty who in either case will forward the application to the Hong Kong Government.
It is not necessary for applications of Chief or other Engine Room Artificers and Mechanicians, who have left the Royal Navy and who desire to be examined for certificates of competency as Engineers in the Mercantile Marine, to be forwarded either through their Commanding Officers or through the Admiralty. Men who are still serving in these ratings in the Royal Navy should make their applications through their Com- manding Officers.