THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH APRIL, 1884.
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3. To impose and make the conditions and regulations set out in the schedule hereto, numbered 1 to 10 respectively, with respect to the said Colonial Certificates of Competency, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, and to impose for the breach of such conditions and regulations the penalties therein mentioned.
This Order shall take effect in the said Possession of Hong Kong from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.
SCHEDULE.
Conditions and Regulations imposed and made by the Board of Trade with respect to the use, issue,
delivery, cancellation, and suspension of Colonial Certificates of Competency.
Interpretation Clause.
In the construction and for the purposes of these conditions and regulations, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say:-
"Colonial Certificate of Competency" shall mean a certificate of Competency for Foreign Going Ships authorised to be granted by the Legislative authority of the British Possession of Hong Kong to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships on similar principles and conditions as those granted under the Imperial Acts relating to Merchant Shipping.
'Authority" shall mean the Governor of the said Possession of Hong Kong.
REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS.
Form of Certificate.
1. A Colonial Certificate of Competency shall be on parchment, and as nearly as possible. similar in shape and form to the corresponding Certificate of Competency for the Foreign Trade granted by the Board of Trade under the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping.
Name of Possession to be inserted.
2. A Colonial Certificate of Competency shall have the name of the British possession in which the same is granted, inserted prominently on its face and back.
Certificates to be numbered consecutively.
3. The Colonial Certificates of Competency granted in each British Possession shall be numbered in consecutive order.
Lists of Certificates granted, cancelled, &c., to be sent to Registrar-General of Seaman.
4. The Authority in each British possession shall furnish the Registrar-General of Seamen in London, from time to time, with accurate lists of all such Colonial Certificates of Competency as may be granted therein or as may for any cause whatsoever be cancelled, suspended, renewed, or re-issued; and shall also furnish him with duplicates of the applications for examination, made by the persons to whom such Certificates are granted.
Certificates to be granted only upon proof of service at sea.
5. A Colonial Certificate of Competency shall be granted only upon proof that the previous service at sea of the person applying for the same has been such as is required by the regulations for the time being in force in the United Kingdom with respect to certificates of the like grade.
Certificates of Competency granted contrary to this regulation, or upon any false, incorrect or insufficient proof, certificate, or report of service, qualification, conduct, or character shall be regarded as improperly granted.
Certificates not to be granted when former are cancelled.
6. A Colonial Certificate of Competency shall not be granted to any person who may have had a certificate, whether granted by the Board of Trade or by the Government of a British possession, cancelled or suspended under the provisions of the said Acts or of any Act for the time being in force in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, unless the period of suspension has expired, or unless intimation has been received from the Board of Trade, or the authority by whom the cancelled or suspended certificate was originally granted, to the effect that no objection to the grant of such Colonial Certificate is known to exist, or unless a new certificate has been granted to him by such board, or authority; and in the last-named event no such Colonial Certificate of Competency shall be for a higher grade than the certificate so last granted as aforesaid.
Colonial Certificates of Competency granted' contrary to this regulation shall be regarded as improperly granted.