FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1992
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NEW LAW TO BAR MARKED OIL SUPPLY TO PLEASURE VESSELS
DUTIABLE NEW LEGISLATION REQUIRING ALL PLEASURE VESSELS TO USE
WATERS WILL COME INTO LIGHT DIESEL OIL FOR PROPULSION IN HONG KONG EFFECT ON JUNE 1 (MONDAY).
FOR EXPLAINING THE LEGISLATION, A SPOKESMAN
AND THE CUSTOMS OR COMMONLY KNOWN EXCISE DEPARTMENT SAID FROM THAT DATE, MARKED OIL
NO AS INDUSTRIAL DIESEL OIL, WHICH IS EXEMPTED FROM EXCISE DUTY, WILL
SUPPLIED ΤΟ PLEASURE VESSELS LONGER BE PERMITTED TO BE
UNDER THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1992.
FOR
"THE CHANGE WILL NOT AFFECT OTHER TYPES OF VESSEL, INCLUDING
TO WILL CONTINUE
BE SUPPLIED FISHING VESSELS, AS MARKED OIL MARINE USE OTHER THAN AS FUEL FOR PLEASURE VESSELS," HE ADDED.
PLEASURE VESSELS ARE TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHANGE, OWNERS OF
CHINESE REQUIRED BY LAW TO MARK CONSPICUOUSLY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND "NO KEROSENE OR MARKED OIL IS TO BE PLACED IN THIS FUEL TANK'
OF THEIR TO EACH INLET OF THE FUEL TANK SPOKESMAN.
VESSEL,
ACCORDING
NEXT TO THE
FOR THESE "A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM JUNE 1 WILL BE ALLOWED OWNERS TO USE UP AND CLEAN TRACES OF MARKED OIL IN THEIR FUEL TANKS.
TO LIABLE 'ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE ORDINANCE IS
PROSECUTION. TWO YEARS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CONVICTED OFFENCE IS $100,000 PLUS
OF GOODS RELATED то THE OF IMPRISONMENT, TOGETHER WITH FORFEITURE OFFENCE," HE SAID.
HOWEVER, OWNERS
OF PLEASURE VESSELS OF OVER 60 TONS NET
OUTSIDE HONG REGISTER AND SAILING TO REACH AN IDENTIFIED PORT CAN APPLY FOR REFUND OF THE AMOUNT OF DUTY PAID.
KONG
"AN APPLICATION FOR REFUND HAS TO BE MADE BEFORE OBTAINING
BE DUTY WILL
DETERMINED FUEL FROM AN OIL STATION. A REFUND OF
OF THE RESPECTIVE VOYAGE AND PAID BY POST AFTER COMPLETION PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE
AND
UPON
OIL COMPANIES, OPERATORS OF MARINE FILLING STATIONS, OIL BARGES LEGISLATION BY THE AND MARINE CLUBS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF DEPARTMENT.
NEW THE
ENQUIRIES ON THE NEW LEGISLATION CAN BE MADE TO SENIOR INSPECTOR NG CHING-MAN ON TEL 852 4831.
CUSTOMS
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