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Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations
[1978 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Forms.
(c) a person, cargo or equipment is lost overboard from a vessel,
the owner or master of the vessel and the person in control of cargo handling shall, subject to paragraph (3), report the occurrence immediately to the Director orally, by means of signals or in writing and shall furnish to the Director in writing full particulars thereof within 24 hours after the occurrence.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person shall be deemed to be seriously injured if he is admitted to a hospital immediately after he sustains the injury for observation or treatment.
(3) An owner or master of a vessel shall not be required to report under paragraph (1) if the occurrence has been reported under section 67 of the Ordinance.
(4) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
54. For the purposes of these regulations, the Director may specify such forms as he thinks fit.
Offences by owners, masters etc.
Offences by owners of lifting appliances, etc.
Offences by persons carrying on cargo handling.
Contraventions of Part V.
Offence by employers.
PART VII
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
55. If an owner, master or officer in charge of a vessel contravenes regulation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
56. If an owner of a lifting appliance or lifting gear, or a master of a vessel, contravenes regulation 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30 he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
57. (1) If any person who carries on the process of cargo handling, or an agent, workman or person employed by him in cargo handling, contravenes regulation 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 or 43 he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
(2) If an owner, master or officer in charge of a vessel contravenes regulation 37 he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
58. Any person who contravenes regulation 45, 46 or 47 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
59. If an employer of persons employed contravenes regulation 48 or 49 he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.