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[Subsidiary]
Failure to depart on obtaining port clearance.
Notification regarding dead ships.
Information regarding dead ships.
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Shipping and Port Control Regulations
[1985 Ed.
passengers (if any) and the general description of the cargo on board the vessel, and provide such other information as the Director may require.
(4) A port clearance granted under paragraph (2) shall cease to be valid if the vessel does not proceed to sea within 48 hours after the grant of the port clearance.
28. (1) If a master after having obtained port clearance under regulation 27 does not proceed to sea within 48 hours thereafter, he shall report forthwith to the Director the reason for not proceeding to sea and shall, if so required by the Director, deposit the ship's papers with the Director.
(2) Any master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
29. (1) Where a dead ship is expected to arrive in the waters of Hong Kong, the owner or his agent or the master thereof shall notify the Director of such expected arrival not less than 24 hours before the arrival of the dead ship, or, if that is not practicable, as early as practicable before the arrival of the dead ship.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5), the owner or his agent or the master of a ship shall without delay notify the Director if the ship becomes a dead ship after its arrival within the waters of Hong Kong.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), the owner or his agent or the master of a dead ship which is within the waters of Hong Kong shall without delay notify the Director after the dead ship ceases to be a dead ship.
(4) A notification required to be given to the Director under this regulation shall initially be given over a telephone or by means of a radio or radiotelephone transmission and shall then be confirmed in writing by the owner, agent or master within 24 hours after such initial notification.
(5) (a) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where permission to carry out maintenance or repair work is obtained under section 18(3) of the Ordinance.
(b) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to any dead ship to which section 18(2) and (3) of the Ordinance does not apply.
(6) Any owner, agent or master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
30. (1) An owner, agent or master shall give to the Director such information as the Director may require in respect of a dead ship or a ship which is to become a dead ship.