"Air Officer Commanding" means the officer for the time being commanding Royal Air Force, Hong Kong:
"Practice" means Air Armament Practice by bombing and by air to ground firing by guns or rocket projectiles or missiles from aircraft;
"Practice Range" means any area over and on 143 which Practice may be carried out;
"vessel" or "ship" have the meanings respectively Ordinance assigned to them in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
No. 10 of 1800.
Practice Range. Firat Schedule.
Practice programi- mes AM! natices.
Second Schedule.
Onlinance
No. 1 of
1947.
3. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance Practice may take place over any Practice Range specified in the FirsL Schedule: Provided that when any person, vessel or aircraft is within danger in or over a Practice Range all Practice Shall
cense.
4. (1) A provisional programme of Practice, shall be cir- culated at the commencement of every quarter by the Air Officer Commanding, in respect of the Practice Range to the persons enumerated in the Second Schedule, such programme being subject to alteration from time to time if necessary,
(z) Such officer shall supply to such persons as many charts, showing the Practice Range, as they may require.
(3) Such officer shall also cause to be published notice of intended Practice at least seven clear days before the date on which the Practice is to take place and shall supply to the persons enumerated in the Second Schedule as many copies of such notice as they may require, and, shall deliver not less than seven clear days before the Practice commences, copies of such notice to such persons as the District Commissioner of the New Territories may specify.
(4) Such notice shall contain warnings to masters of vessels, ar pilots of aircraft exempt from the operation of this Ordinance under section 10, to assist the carrying out of the Practice by hastening through the Practice Range or in the case of vessels by consenting to be towed out of such area, if necessary, by any vessel acting under the orders of the Air Officer Commanding.
(5) No Practice shall take place on any day which is a general holiday by vinur of the Holidays Ordinance, 1947.
5.
Warning that Practice is about to take place shall be Practice given in the manner specified in the Third Schedule.
6.
Signals. Third Schedule.
While warning is in force as given by the hoisting or Offences display of signals as provided in section 5 that Practice is taking Practice
while place, then in respect of the area affected by the said warning- Signals
displayed.
(i) No person shall enter or remain within the arca, nor bring, take or suffer to remain therein any vessel, aircraft or thing, except as provided in section 10.
(ii) No vessel shall be employed in fishing in the area.
(ii) No pleasure boat shall cruise in the area.
(iv) No vessel shall anchor or remain anchored in or ground on the area,
(v) No aircraft shall alight on, remain in or travel upon the area.
(vi) In the event of any vessel or aircraft being from any cause within the area, the Master or Pilot or other person in charge thereof shall use his utmost endeavours to pass out of the area without loss of time.
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7. (1) No person shall trawl, dredge or search for or Offences otherwise interfere with any practice bomb, bullet, shell or rocket and
provisions projectile or portions thereof within the Practice Range, or take relating or retain, or be in possession of, any such practice bonib, bullet,
to the shell or rocket projectile, or portions thereof, found within any projectiles.
recovery of
of such area.
(2) Any person who, when trawling, dredging, or in any manner whatsoever, shall come into possession of any such practice bomb, bullet, shell or rocket projectile or any portion thereof, within the Practice Range, shall not retain it, but shall immediately return it in its existing condition, and without tam- pering with it, into the water.
(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply in cases of persons who recover any practice bomb, butlet, shell or rocket projectile or any portion thereof, under written instructions From the Air Officer Commanding.