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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1964 AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG BY MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) (HONG KONG) ORDER 1965
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MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) ACT 1949 AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG BY THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) (HONG KONG) NO. 1 ORDER 1953.
EXEMPTION OF M.V. VASCO DA GAMA OFFICIAL NO. 332470 PORT OF REGISTRY HONG KONG.
The Governor in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 28 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 as applied to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Salety Con- vention) (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order 1953 hereby exempts the m.v. Vasco Da Gama, Official No. 332470 Port of Registry-Hong Kong from the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (8) of Rule 11 of the Merchant Shipping (Life-saving Appliances) Rules 1965 in respect of the carriage of lifeboats and davits subject to the follow- ing conditions →→
()that the ship shall carry inflatable liferafts of sufficient aggregated capacity on each side of the ship to accom- modate the total number of persons on board;
(ii) that the ship shall carry two sets of portable radio equip- ment which comply with the requirements of Rule 42 of the Merchant Shipping (Life-saving Appliances) Rules 1965;
(ii) that the ship shall carry a Class C boat or a boat modi- fied to conform to the requirements for a Class C boat as specified in Schedule & to the Merchant Shipping (Life- saving Appliances) Rules 1965 so far as is reasonable and practicable under the circumstances;
(iv) that the ship shall not ply beyond the limits of the follow- ing specified areas, except that no account shall be taken of any deviation by the ship from her intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances which neither the master nor the owners nor the char- lerer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or fore- stalled--
Malacca Strait no further westward than Longitude 100 East; China Sea no further northward than