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(i) the lights and shapes to be carried and exhibited; (ii) the sound signals to be carried and used; and (iii) the steering and sailing rules to be observed, by all ships registered in Hong Kong, wherever they may be; and
(b) provide for the prevention of collisions at sea-
(i) between seaplanes on the surface of the water; and (ii) between ships and seaplanes on the surface of the water.
94. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the requirements with which the hull, equipment and machinery of and fuel used in passenger ships registered in Hong Kong shall comply.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred on the Governor in Council under subsection (1), the passenger ship construction regulations-
(a) may require the provision in such ships-
(i) of plans exhibited as provided by or under the regulations, and of other information, relating to the boundaries of watertight compartments, the openings therein, the means of closing such openings and the arrangements for correcting any list due to flooding; and
(ii) of information necessary for the guidance of the master in maintaining sufficient stability to enable the ship to withstand damage; and
(b) shall include such requirements as appear to the Governor in Council to be necessary to implement the provisions of the Convention prescribing the requirements which the hull, equipment and machinery of passenger ships shall comply with, except so far as those provisions are implemented by any other regulations made under this Ordinance.
(3) The powers conferred on the Governor in Council by this section shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other enactment enabling him to prescribe the requirements with which passenger ships shall comply.
(4) If the passenger ship construction regulations are contravened in any respect in relation to a ship the owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.
95. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of passenger ships registered in Hong Kong for all or any of the following matters-
(a) for closing and keeping closed the openings in hulls and watertight bulkheads;
Passenger ship construction regulations.
Regulations in respect of openings in passenger ships' hulls and watertight bulkheads.
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