1983 Ed.] Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) [CAP. 281
Regulations
(c) the requirements of any condition to which any permission or approval given under regulation 47C was subject, have been satisfied.
47G. (1) No Class VIII vessel shall, except with the permission of the Director, enter, or be brought into, the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) If without reasonable excuse paragraph (1) is contravened the owner and the person for the time being in charge of the vessel commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
47H. (1) The Director shall, before issuing or renewing a licence in respect of any Class VIII vessel, cause the vessel to be inspected by a Government surveyor or inspector.
(2) If upon any inspection required under paragraph (1) the surveyor or inspector is satisfied that the vessel is—
(a) seaworthy; and
(b) fit in all other respects for its intended purpose as a Class VIII vessel,
he shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certificate of inspection accordingly, in the form prescribed in the Fifteenth Schedule.
(3) If upon any inspection required under paragraph (1) the surveyor or inspector is not satisfied as to any of the matters set out in paragraph (2) he shall—
(a) notify, in writing, the owner of the vessel of his requirements to enable a certificate of inspection to be issued; and
(b) withhold the issue of a certificate of inspection until such requirements are satisfied.
(4) The Director shall not issue or renew a licence in respect of any Class VIII vessel except on production of a valid certificate of inspection in respect thereof.
47I. (1) Except with the written permission of the Director, no material addition, modification or alteration to any Class VIII vessel shall be made after the issue or renewal of a licence in respect of such vessel.
(2) If paragraph (1) is contravened the owner and the person for the time being in charge of the vessel commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
47J. (1) The Director may, where it appears to him that any Class VIII vessel—
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[Subsidiary]
Permission to enter waters. L.N. 273/83.
Periodical inspection. L.N. 273/83.
Fifteenth Schedule.
Alterations to a Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83.
Closure of a Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83.