Fees.
Accom-
modation shared with Passengers.
Additional exemptiona
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behalf of the owner of the ship or of any organization which appears to the Director to be representative of the owners of British ships or of the seamen concerned; or
(f) a complaint, which complies with the following requirements,
has been lodged with a surveyor of ships-
(i) the complaint shall be in writing, signed by one member of the crew in the case of a ship of under one thousand tons, and by three members of the crew in the case of any other ship. (i) the complaint shall specify the respects in which it is alleged that the crew accommodation in the ship does not comply with these regulations:
(ii) the complaint shall be lodged without undue delay: (iv) the complaint shall be lodged not less than twenty-four hours before the ship is due to sail, unless the ship is in por for less than that period.
37. In respect of any inspection of a ship carried out for the purposes of regulation 36 the following fees shall be paid-
For each visit to the ship
Maximum fee
HK$ 50.00
HK$200.00
Provided that no fee shall be payable in respect of an inspection made-
(a) coincidental to inspection for registration, re-registration o
remeasurement of the ship: or
(b) in pursuance of paragraph (f) of regulation 36 if the Director is satisfied that the inspection was made in consequence of an unjustified complaint.
38. (1) No accommodation provided in compliance with the regulations shall be used by or appropriated to the use of passengers and no galley or store room provided in compliance with these regulations shall be used, or appropriated to use, for the preparation or storage of food for passengers.
(2) The Director may exempt any ship from the requirements of any of these regulations, not being requirements relating to sleeping rooms, or office accommodation, to the extent that he is satisfied that accommodation equal or superior in standard to the accommodation required by these regulations is available for the use or service of the crew in common with passengers.
39. (1) The Director may exempt- (a) any ship while under construction, (b) any ship while undergoing trials.
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(c) any ship of under two hundred tons.
(f) any tug.
(e) any ship which, in his opinion, is primarily employed in a
harbour, river or estuary,
from the requirements of these regulations to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
(2) Subject as otherwise in these regulations specifically provided in relation to persons referred to in this paragraph, the Director may exempt from any of the requirements of these regulations any ship in which there are employed any groups of ratings necessitating the cuployment of a substantially greater number of ratings than would wherwise be employed, to the extent that he is satisfied that the ship is provided with crew accommodation for such ratings which is suited to beir distinctive national habits and customs and, in the case of mess kams, sanitary accommodation and hospitals, is equal or comparable in the standard to the crew accommodation required by these regulations.
(39) The Director may, after consultation with the owners of the ship, or such organization or organizations as appear to him to be representative of owners of British ships, and with such organization or organizations (if any) as appear to him to be representative of seamen employed in British ships, exempt any ship from any of the requirements of these regulations if he is satisfied that corresponding advantages are provided in the ship so that the crew accommodation, considered as A whole, is equivalent or superior in standard to that required by these regulations.
40. (1) In the measurement of a ship to which these regulations Non- apply for the purpose of ascertaining her register tonnage, no deduction deductible hall be allowed for-
(a) any space appropriated to the storage of fresh water for the
use of the crew;
(b) any excess in volume of the space appropriated to the storage of provisions (other than fresh water) for the crew over fifteen per cent of the total volume of the other spaces provided in the ship as crew accommodation and accommodation for the master of the ship:
(c) any space forming part of the crew accommodation which has not been first included in the measurement of the ship's tonnage:
(d) any space provided in accordance with these regulations which is available for use by the occupants of spare or passenger
space.