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Defences (Firing Areas)
[1984 Ed.
Exemptions.
(Cap 281)
Power of Governor in Council to amend Schedules.
10. (1) This Ordinance shall not apply to-
(a) any ship or aircraft entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another except where such vessel is engaged in firing practice from a gun site: (Amended, 50 of 1936, s. 3; 26 of 1946, Schedule; 7 of 1948, s. 10 and 38 of 1949, s. 12)
(b) any vessel or aircraft compelled to enter or unable to quit the area affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation; (Amended, 50 of 1936, s. 3)
(c) any vessel or aircraft when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than 48 hours previously to the Commander, Kowloon Area; (Amended, 50 of 1936, s. 3 and 7 of 1948, s. 10)
(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected;
(e) Her Majesty's ships of war or aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under The Ministry of Defence authority or under the Government of the Colony.
(2) In this section, the word "ship" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance. (Added, 26 of 1946, Schedule)
11. The Governor in Council may by order signified in the Gazette amend the Schedules to this Ordinance in any manner whatsoever provided that no amendment of the firing areas shall extend any such area beyond the Colony and its territorial waters.
(Added, 50 of 1936, s. 4. Amended, 24 of 1950, Schedule)
(s. 3.)
FIRST SCHEDULE
FIRING AREAS
PART I
Note.--(1) All Latitudes are N. and Longitudes E. Latitudes and Longitudes are taken from Admiralty Charts Nos. 937 and 938.
(2) All grid references are in terms of the Universal Transverse Mercator grid, Zones 49 and 50. International Spheroid. Hong Kong 1963 datum.
(a) [Deleted, L.N. 15/80]
(b) Firing Area B (Basalt Island Range)-
The area included in this firing area is bounded as follows-
By a line starting at Wang Chau Kok grid reference KV 296717 (Lat. 22°19'45", Long. 114°22'33") thence north-eastwards to grid reference KV 341751 (Lat. 22°21'39", Long. 114°25'06") thence eastwards to grid reference KV 368751 (Lat. 22°21'39", Long. 114°26'42") thence southwards to grid reference KV 367648 (Lat. 22°16'00", Long. 114°26'42") thence westwards to grid reference KV 295648 (Lat. 22°16'00", Long. 114°23'30") thence north-westwards to grid reference KV 270679 (Lat. 22°17'42", Long. 114°21'00") thence north-north-westwards to the southernmost point of Bluff Island at Sha Tong Hau Mei at grid reference KV 265701 (Lat. 22°18'54", Long. 114°20'42") thence along the eastern shore at the