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Merchant Shipping (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
Regulations relating to
carriage of grain.
Deck cargo regulations.
Nuclear ship regulations.
General safety regulations.
(2) In this section "anchor" and "chain cable" include any shackle attached to or intended to be used in connexion with the anchor or cable.
104. The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing, in relation to the loading of ships generally or of ships of any class, any precautions which are necessary or reasonable precautions to prevent grain from shifting.
105. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing requirements to be complied with where cargo is carried in any uncovered space on the deck of a ship to which Part IV applies; and different requirements may be so prescribed in relation to different descriptions of ships, different descriptions of cargo, different voyages or classes of voyage, different seasons of the year or any other different circumstances.
(2) If the load line regulations provide, either generally or in particular cases or classes of cases, for assigning special freeboards to ships which are to have effect only where a cargo of timber is carried, then, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the deck cargo regulations may prescribe special requirements to be complied with in circumstances where any such special freeboard has effect.
(3) In prescribing any such special requirements as are mentioned in subsection (2), the Governor in Council shall have regard in particular to Chapter IV of the Convention of 1966.
(4) If the deck cargo regulations are contravened-
(a) in the case of a ship registered in Hong Kong; or
(b) in the case of any other ship while the ship is within the waters of Hong Kong,
the owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $15,000.
(5) For the purpose of securing compliance with the deck cargo regulations any person authorized in that behalf by the Director may inspect any ship to which Part IV applies which is carrying cargo in any uncovered space on its deck; and for the purposes of any such inspection any such person shall have all the powers conferred by section 115.
106. The Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to ships provided with nuclear power plants for the purpose of enabling effect to be given to the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Annex to the Convention.
107. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations-
(a) for securing the safety of Hong Kong ships and persons on them and for protecting the health of persons on Hong Kong ships; and