CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Vessels)
[1986 Ed.
Regulations
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 12/70.
L.N. 140/70. L.N. 257/74.
L.N. 55/78.
L.N. 219/81. L.N. 287/81. L.N. 294/85.
L.N. 187/86.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (PLEASURE VESSELS)
REGULATIONS
(Cap. 281, sections 97 and 105)*
[1 April 1970.]
Citation.
Interpretation. L.N. 55/78.
L.N. 219/81.
(Cap. 281, sub. leg.)
1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Vessels) Regulations.
2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"licence" means a licence issued under regulation 3;
"licensed owner" means the person whose name is endorsed on the licence of a pleasure vessel as the licensed owner of the pleasure vessel under regulation 3(3);
"pleasure vessel" means any launch, yacht, inflatable vessel, junk, lorcha or other vessel that--
(a) has an engine installed in it or carried on it, or is designed to have an engine installed in it or carried on it, whereby the vessel may be propelled by mechanical means;
(b) is possessed or used exclusively for pleasure purposes; and
(c) is not let for hire or reward other than under the terms of a charter agreement or hire-purchase agreement,
but does not include any launch, yacht, inflatable vessel, junk, lorcha or other vessel that has never been launched;
"prescribed fee" means the fee prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of these regulations--
(a) any person who-
(i) is the sole, joint or part owner of a pleasure vessel which is not subject to the terms of a hire-purchase agreement, bill of sale or other similar instrument;
(ii) is the hirer under, and is entitled to possession of a pleasure vessel which is subject to the terms of, a hire-purchase agreement; or
(iii) is a party to, and is entitled to possession of a pleasure vessel which is subject to the terms of, a bill of sale or other similar instrument,
shall be deemed to be the owner of the pleasure vessel; and
* These regulations are deemed to have been made under section 33 of the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance (Cap. 313)-see s. 35(1) thereof.