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Merchant Shipping (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
(Cap. 1.)
Application.
(Cap. 313.)
(b) a person on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry ship-wrecked, distressed or other persons, or by reason of any circumstances which neither the master nor the owner could have prevented or forestalled; and
(c) a child under 1 year of age;
"passenger ship" means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers;
"passenger ship construction regulations" means the regulations made, or deemed to be made, under section 94;
"radio regulations" means the regulations made, or deemed to be made, under section 97;
"ship" includes any vessel used in navigation other than a vessel propelled by oars or a junk;
"tons" and "tonnage" mean tons and tonnage as calculated according to British measurement of registered tonnage;
"waters of Hong Kong" means all tidal waters, navigable or not, within the boundaries of Hong Kong specified in the Second Schedule to the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance;
(2) If any amendment or any Protocol to the Convention, or the Convention of 1966 referred to in Part IV, comes into force or if any Convention replaces either Convention references in this Ordinance to those Conventions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the Conventions as amended or replaced.
3.
This Ordinance shall apply to all ships except—
(a) ships of war;
(b) fishing vessels;
(c) pleasure vessels; and
(d) vessels required to be licensed under Part IV of the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance.
Interpretation.
PART II
SURVEY AND CERTIFICATES
Preliminary
4. (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires- "accepted Convention certificate" means a certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention or by the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Convention;
"cargo ship safety construction certificate" means a certificate issued under section 21(1);