1986 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping
[CAP. 281
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"lorcha" includes any vessel---
(a) of European build and construction, but of Chinese or
other Asiatic rig; or
(b) of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of
European rig;
"master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or
charge of any ship;
"Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979, and any enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament amending the same or in replacement thereof and includes all regulations made thereunder; (Amended, 47 of 1979, s. 2)
"Minister" means the Minister of Transport of the United Kingdom and includes the Board of Trade and any other body or person who carries out or has carried out functions similar to those carried out by the Minister of Transport under the Merchant Shipping Acts;
"officer" means the holder of a certificate of competency or of service issued under the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations; (Added, 62 of 1981, s. 2. Amended, 30 of 1984, s. 3)
"passenger" means any person carried in a vessel except-
(Amended, 76 of 1978, s. 81)
(a) a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board
the vessel on the business of the vessel;
(b) a person on board the vessel either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons, or by reason of any circumstances that neither the master nor the owner could have prevented or forestalled; and
(c) a child under 1 year of age;
"Port Health Officer" includes the Director of Medical and Health Services and any officer for the time being performing the duties of Port Health Officer;
"port of the Colony" and "port" where by the context a port out of Hong Kong the Colony is not indicated, mean a place declared to be such under the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance; (Amended, 76 of 1978, s. 81)
"principal Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;
"river trade limits" means---
(a) the waters in the vicinity of the Colony within the following boundaries-
(i) to the East, meridian 114° 30′ East;
(ii) to the South, parallel 22° 09′ North;
(iii) to the West, meridian 113° 31' East; and
Pr. Act, s. 742.
(Cap. 281, sub. leg.)
1949 c. 43, s. 26.
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(1894 c. 60.)
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