Citation,
MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE, 1953.
(No. 14 of 1953).
TABLE 14.
Merchant SHIPPING (SMALL. Craft) RegULATIONS, 1957-
In exercise of the powers conferred by section roz of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-
PART 1.
CITATION.
1. These regulations constitute Table 14 under the Ordin- ance and may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Small Craft) Regulations, 1957-
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Class II: Miscellaneous types, such as pilot hoats. trading boats, fishing boats, hawker boats, coolie boats, ash boats, pleasure boats hired from beaches, salvage boats and other vessels plying anywhere in the waters of the Colony which do not fall clearly within any other class.
Class V: Mechanically propelled trading junks or sailing trad- ing junks, exceeding one hundred and fifty piculs in capacity plying anywhere within the waters of the Colony :
Provided that vessels plying solely within harbour limits shall not be included in this class.
Class II: Mechanically propelled fishing junks or sailing fish- ing junks exceeding one hundred and fifty piculs in capacity plying anywhere within the waters of the Colony,
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3 (1) The Director is hereby authorized in issue licences Licences under these regulations for use and operation of vessels according and to their appropriate classification as in regulation 2 in such form permila. and with such conditions as prescribed in appropriate forms in the First Appendix to these regulations.
(2) In any case of doubt as to the class in which any vessel should be licensed the decision of the Director shall be final.
First
Appendix.
Classifica- tian.
PART II.
CLASSIFICATION and LICENSING OF VESSELS.
2. Under these regulations, vessels shall be classified as follows-
Class 14: Sampans exceeding one hundred and not exceeding -
one hundred and fifty piculs in capacity used for the carriage of passengers and their baggage in the port of Victoria.
Class IB: Sampans not exceeding one hundred and fifty plculs in capacity similarly used in the aforesaid port and the ports of Cheung Chau, Aberdeen, Tai 0, Tai Po, Tsun Wan and Sai Kung.
Class 11: Vessels plying anywhere within the waters of the Colony as mechanically propelled vessels, sailing vessels, dumb lighters, cargo boats or water boats.
Class II: Vessels used as fish drying vessels and vessels that tend to remain stationary in any part of the waters of the Colony.
(3) Licences may be issued-
(4) for a period of not execeding twelve months on payment of the appropriate annual fues according to the scale set out in the Second Appendix to these regulations; or (b) for a period not exceeding nine months, six months or three months respectively, at the discretion of the Director on payment of a proportionate part of the annual fees in paragraph (4),
(4) The licensing year commences—
(0) for Class 1, Class III and Class IV vessels on the 1st of
July of each year;
(b) for Class II vessels on the 1st of April of each year; (4) for Class V and Class VI vessels, on the date on which
the licence is issued.
(5) All licences, on expiry, shall be surrendered to the Director.
Secnnd Appendix.