Isus of exerapoo cerchicates.
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docatica, cadunte- men und
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excoptica Certifica
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(b) from such of those provisions as are specified in the instrument
conterning the exemption.
(2) On the application of the owner of a ship to which this Act applies, which is registered in Hong Kong and is either an existing ship of not less than 150 tons gross tonnage or a new ship of not less than 24 metres in length, the Governor may exempt the ship if in his opinion the ship embodies features of a novel kind such that, if the ship had to comply with all the requirements of this Act and of the load line rules, the development of those features and their incorporation in ships engaged on international voyages might be seriously impeded.
(3) On the application of the owner of a ship to which this Act applies, which is registered in Hong Kong and is either-
(a) an existing ship of less than 150 tons gross connage or a new
ship of less than 24 metres in length, or
(b) a ship (not falling within the preceding paragraph) which does
not ply on international voyages,
the Governor may exempt the ship.
(4) Without prejudice to the last preceding subsection, where a ship to which this Act applies, which is registered in Hong Kong and is either an existing ship of not less than 150 tons gross tonnage or a new ship of not less than 24 metres in length, does not normally ply on international voyages but is, in exceptional circumstances, required to undertake a single international voyage, the Governor, on the application of the owner of the ship, specifying the international voyage in question, may exempt the ship while engaged on that voyage.
(5) Any exemption conferred under this section may be conferred subject to such conditions as the Governar thinks fit; and, where any such cxemption is conferred subject to conditions, the exemption shall not have effect unless those conditions are complied with.
20. (1) Where the Governor exempts a ship under the last preceding section, the Governor shall issue the appropriate certificate to the owner of the ship.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate certificate— (a) where the exemption is conferred under subsection (2) or sub- section (4) of the last preceding section, is a certificate to be called ag "International Load Line Exemption Certificate”, and
(5) where the certificate is conferred under subsection (3) of that section, is a certificate to be called a "Hong Kong load line clemption certificate".
(3) Any ceruficate issued under this section shall be in such form, and shall be issued in such manner, as may be prescribed by the load line rules.
21. (1) The load line rules shall make provision for determining the period during which any exemption conferred under section 19 of this Ael, or any certificate issued under section 20 of this Act, is to remain in force, including —
(a) provision enabling the period for which any such exemption o
certificate is originally conferred or issued to be extended within
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such limits and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the rules, and
(b) provision for terminating any such exemption, and for cancelling any such certificate, in such circumstances as may be so prescribed.
(2) While any such certificate is in force in respect of a ship, there shall be endorsed on the certificate such information relating to
(a) periodical inspections of the ship in accordance with the load line
rules, and
(b) any extension of the period for which the certificate was issued,
as may be prescribed by the rules,
22. (1) The load line rules shall make such provision as appears to the Governor to be appropriate for securing that exemption certificates which, in accordance with the Convention of 1966, are issued in respect of ships to which section 12 of this Act applies, and are so issued by Governments other than the Government of Hong Kong, shall in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the rules have the like effect for the purposes of this Act as if they were valid Convention certificates.
(2) Certificates issued as mentioned in the preceding subsection shall be included among the certificates to be called "International Load Line Exemption Certificates”.
Subdivision food lines and deck cargo.
23. (1) Where in pursuance of any rules for the time being in force under section I of the Merchant Shipping (Safely Convention) Act 1949(a) as cxtended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (Hong Kong) No. I Order 1953(b) a passenger steamer to which this Act applies, being a ship registered in Hong Kong, is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those lines is lower than the line which. apart from this subsection, would be the appropriate load line for the purposes of section 4 of this Act, the said section 4 shall have effect as if that subdivision load line were the appropriate load line for the purposes of that section.
(2) Where in pursuance of any such rules, or in pursuance of the Convention referred to in that Act as the Safety Convention or any Jaw of any country made for the purpose of giving effect to that Convention, a passenger steamer to which this Act applies, not being a ship registered in Hong Kong, is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those load lines is lower than the line which, apart from this subsection, would be the appropriate load line for the purposes of section 14 of this Act, that section shall have effect as if that subdivision load line were the appropriate load line for the purposes of that section.
(3) In this section "passenger steamer" has the meaning assigned to it by section 26 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 as extended to Hong Kong.
(1) 1949 c. di.
(0) 5.1. 1993/992 (199) L. 1. 11733.
Intermodal Load Eine Exception Ceranten.
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