1985 Ed.]
Shipping and Port Control Regulations
[CAP. 313
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[Subsidiary]
"special anchorage" means any area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule;
"timber storage pound" means an area of the waters of Hong Kong approved under regulation 58 for the storage of logs and other timber;
"Victoria port" means the area of the waters of Hong Kong declared under section 56 of the Ordinance as Victoria port:
"Yau Ma Tei Anchorage" means the area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule.
(2) A vessel is "underway" when she is not at anchor, made fast to the shore, or aground.
Seventh Schedule.
Seventh Schedule.
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PART II
V.H.F. RADIOTELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Channel" means a Channel as defined in the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention currently in force;
"report" means a report by radiotelephone that is made, or required to be made, to the Port Communications Centre by a vessel under this Part;
"V.H.F." means very high frequency.
4. (1) This Part applies to all vessels over 300 tons gross (other than vessels to which Part IV of the Ordinance applies) in the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) This Part applies in addition to any other provision in or under the Ordinance or any other enactment.
5. (1) Every vessel shall have on board radiotelephone equipment that is capable of operation in the V.H.F. Band on the Channels specified in the First Schedule.
(2) The radiotelephone equipment shall at all times be maintained in good working condition and shall be available for operation on the navigational bridge of a vessel.
6. (1) No vessel shall enter the waters of Hong Kong unless the master of the vessel has, before such entry, made contact with the Port Communications Centre over a V.H.F. radiotelephone on Channel 12.
(2) After the initial contact with the Port Communications Centre under paragraph (1), all reports shall be transmitted by a vessel on the Channel designated by the Port Communications Centre.
Interpretation.
Application.
Possession of radiotelephone equipment.
First Schedule.
V.H.F. contact with Port Communications Centre.
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