1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space)· Regulations.
[CAP. 281
N 3
MERCHANT SHIPPING (MINIMUM PASSENGER SPACE)
REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 281, section 27).
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 171/69.
[5th December, 1969.]
1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
Citation.
2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
“clear area" means the area remaining after all encumbrances such as hatchways, skylights, companions, deckhouses, machinery casings, deck machinery, masts, ventilators, lifejacket lockers, etc., and after all areas required for the working of the anchors or the boats or required for the purposes of navigation have been deducted from the total area but does not include any space reserved for a hospital or for any other deck erection; "Director" includes any Government surveyor appointed under subsection (1) of section 26 of the Ordinance;
"eastern trade area" means the areas to which the Simla Rules from time to time in operation in Hong Kong apply;
"gross passenger area" means the total area of any compartment or space at deck level other than such area as is excluded by permanent closed bulkheads extending from deck to deck: "short international voyage" has the meaning assigned to it in the First Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order 1953;
"livestock" includes horned cattle, deer, horses, asses, camels, sheep, goats, pigs and dogs but does not include poultry or game;
"Merchant Shipping Medical Scales" means the published scales of medicines and medical stores referred to in section 17 of the Ordinance and in operation from time to time in Hong Kong; "Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Rules" means the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Rules made by the Board of Trade and extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order 1953;
"river trade area" means any area in the waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong within the following boundaries-
(a) (i) on the East-Meridian 114° 30′ East;
(ii) on the South-Parallel 22° 9' North;
(iii) on the West-Meridian 113° 31' East; and
Interpretation.
(S.L. 1953/592.)
(S.L. 1965/1103.)