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[Subsidiary] Language of reports.
Reference to time.
Listening watch on radiotelephone.
Directions from Port Communications Centre.
Authorization to deviate from this Part.
CAP. 313] Shipping and Port Control Regulations [1985 Ed.
9. Except where the Port Communications Centre permits the use of any other language, all reports shall be made in the English language.
10. Where reference to time is made in any report, or in any communication from the Port Communications Centre, the time shall be specified in--
(a) Hong Kong Time; and
(b) the 24-hour clock system.
11. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the master of every vessel that is within the waters of Hong Kong shall maintain continuous listening watch on the radiotelephone on board the vessel on Channel 12.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply when-
(a) transmission by the vessel on that Channel is in progress; (b) permission is granted by the Port Communications Centre to transmit on another Channel, in which event the listening watch on the radiotelephone shall be maintained continuously on such other Channel, except when transmission by the vessel on such other Channel is in progress:
or
(c) permission is granted by the Port Communications Centre to the master of a vessel to suspend the listening watch on the radiotelephone.
12. (1) Where in the opinion of the person in charge of the Port Communications Centre there exists in the waters of Hong Kong any of the conditions specified in paragraph (2), he may give directions to the master of any vessel specifying the time when and the place where the vessel shall
(a) enter:
(b) move within or through; or
(c) depart from.
the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the conditions are--
(a) vessel congestion:
(b) adverse weather;
(c) reduced visibility; or
(d) other hazardous conditions.
13. (1) The person in charge of the Port Communications Centre may upon request from a master of a vessel grant permission to the master to deviate from any provision of or direction given under this part and shall specify the manner in which such deviation may be made.