Recovery of peasily by
vale of vessels.
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(6) the licensing of vessels and the renewal of licences, and in the case of vessels that havo, contrary to the regulations made under this section. not been licensed for any period, for the payment of licence fees or penalty in respect of the period during which the vessels were not licensed;
(c) the cancellation or suspension of licenocat
(4) the design and construction of vessels, the equipment required to be carried on board vessels and matters incidental thereto; (2) the accommodation for passengers and crew, and means for their
safety and escape;
( the life-saving appliances and Bre-fighting apparatus to be provided on vessels, and the training of the crew in the use of such appliances or apparatus;
(g) the survey or inspection of vessels and the issue (and cancellation)
of certificates of survey or inspection;
(A) the classification of vessels;
(0) the application of the international regulations for preventing
collisions at sea)
() the employment on vessels of a master and deck and engineering
crew who possess certificates of compeleocy;
(k) the number and grade of crew to be employed on vesstils;
(1) the engagement and discharge of crew, their conditions of em-
ployment, and their hours of work and rest periods;
(m) the duties of owners and crew;
(n) regulating the noise, vibration and smoke which may be caused
by vessels;
tol regulating the hiring of vessels, the carriage of passengers and
the plying limits;
(p) empowering the Director to provide anchorages and mooring areau
for vessels, and to control and regulate their use,
(q) the use of piers and the embarkation and disembarkation of
persons;
()the inquiry into charges of incompetency, misconduct or negligence of or by masters or deck or engineering crew and proscribing the procedure at such inquiries;
(3) the registration of persons dwelling in any specified type or class
of vessels;
(r) the fees and charges payable under the regulations:
(v) empowering the Director to amend any Schedule to the regula
Lions;
(v) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions and pur-
poses of this Parı.
(2) Any regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention of specified provisions thereof is an offence and may prescribe pedaltics therefor not exceeding a fine of $20,000 and imprison, ment for one year.
34. (1) Where an owner or master of a vessel who is convicted of an offence under this Part or under regulations made under section 33 fails to pay any fine imposed in respect of the offence, the Director may sell the vessel in respect of which the offence was committed and apply
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the proceeds in payment of the fine, and the balance (if any), after deducl- ing any reasonable expense incurred in the sale, shall be paid to the owner of the vessel if claimed within 6 months after the date of the sale or forfeiled to the Crown if not claimed within that period,
(2) Not less than 14 days before a vessel is sold under subsection (1), the Director shall give to the owner of the vessel notice in writing of the intended sale, but notice under this subsection shall not be necessary where there is no such owner or the Director is unable to find the owner.
(3) Any vessel sold under this section shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof, #1 the expense of the purchaser, by a bill of sale from the Director which shall confer upon such purchaser an absolute title to such vessel.
34. (1) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, not- Saving or withstanding the repeal, under section 21, of Parts X11 and XIV of the centain
Culations. Merchant Shipping Ordinance, the following regulations (hereinafter
(Cap. 281) referred to as the specified regulations)—
(a) the Merchant Shipping (launches and Ferry Vessels) Regula (Cap, 281.
tions:
mob. lp)
(6) the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) Regulations; and C, 281,
mub leg.) (Cap. 201. mub. ker.)
(c) the Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Vessels) Regulations, shall, save in so far as they are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder and subject to any amendmeat thereof made by section 81, continue in operation until such time as they are replaced by regulations made under section 33 which are expressed to be in substitution of the specified regulations, and shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made under section 33 and to be liable to amendment thereby or thereunder.
(2) The Governor in Council may by regulation amend those pro- visions of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations which relate to (Can, 2013, launches, ferry vessels, miscellaneous craft and pleasure vessels.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the vessels to which this Part applies include launches, ferry vessels. miscellaneous craft and pleasure vessels to which the specified regulations apply.
PART V
REPAIRS on BREAKING UP of Vessels And Cargo Handling
36. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requites- "inspector" means a person appointed under section 38 to be an
inspector
"Lifting appliance" means a crane, winch, bolt, derrick boom, sheer legs,
fork lift truck or other self-propelled machine, and any other descrip tion of lifting appliance, derrick and mast bands, goose-necks, eye- bolts, and all other permanent attachments to a derrick, mast or deck, used on a vessel for the purposes of hoisting or lowering in connexion with cargo handling.
"lifting gear" includes a chain sling, rope sling, canvas sling, net, tray, board, box, bull rape. anotter. can book or other means of support- ing cargo and attachments thereto including a ring, link, book, plate, clamp. shackle, swivel, eyebolt. bridle, beam. spreader, rope and wire, used on a vessel in connexion with cargo bandling:
quab. Jek)
Jaserpretadon.