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Revocation of regulation 25.

Addition of regulations 45% to 450.

Service of documents.

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(6) The Director may suspend, cancel or refuse to renew any licence issued under regulation 3 if he is satisfied that a licensee has not complied with para- graph (1), (2) or (3).

30. Any document which is required or permitted under the Ordinance to be served on the owner of a vessel licensed under regulation 3 may be served upon the owner or bis agent as declared under regula- tion JA or 3B (if any) personally or may be served by addressing it to the owner or his declared agent and leaving the document at, or forwarding it by post to, the declared address of the owner or his agent.".

Regulation 25 of the principal regulations is revoked.

The principal regulations are amended by adding the following regulations after regulation 45-

*Assign- ment of freeboard to dumb lighters.

Elevend Schedate.

Issue of

load line certificates and assign-

ment of freeboard certificates to dumb lighter.

45A. (1) Every dumb lighter operating in the waters of Hong Kong shall be assigned a freeboard and shall be marked in accordance with--

(a) such load line rules as may be in force in

Hong Kong; or

(b) the provisions of the Eleventh Schedule,

(2) Any person who obliterates, alters or sub- merges any marking made on a dumb lighter in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of four thousand dollars.

45B. (1) In the case of a dumb lighter marked in accordance with paragraph (a) of regulation 45A the freeboard may be assigned to it and a load line certificate issued in respect of it by an assigning authority authorized by the Hong Kong Government to issue load line certificates in respect of ships registered in Hong Kong.

(2) In the case of a dumb lighter marked in accordance with paragraph (b) of regulation 45A-

(a) the Director shall cause the dumb lighter to be inspected by an officer of the Marine Department or, at his discretion, by a surveyor authorized by him; and

(b) if on receipt of the report of such officer or surveyor authorized by the Director in respect

Twonk Schedale.

Periodical inspection of "dumb fighters.

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of its principal dimensions. heights of coamings, closing appliances, scantlings and general hull structure, the Director is satisfied that the dumb lighter is fit for its intended purpose, he may assign a freeboard to the dumb lighter and issue an assignment of freeboard certificate in respect of it in the form set out in the Twelfth Schedule.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) of regulation 45C, an assignment of freeboard certificate issued in respect of a dumb lighter pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be valid for a period not exceeding four years from the date on which it was issued.

45C. (1) Every dumb lighter operating in the waters of Hong Kong shall be periodically inspected by an officer of the Marine Department or, at the discretion of the Director, by a surveyor authorized by him.

(2) A periodical inspection required under para- graph (1) shall be carried out within three months before or after each anniversary of the date of com- pletion of the survey leading to the issue of the assignment of freeboard certificate in respect of the dumb lighter, provided that the intervals between inspections shall be not less than nine months and not more than fifteen months.

(3) If, on receipt of the report of such officer or surveyor authorized by the Director in respect of the principal dimensions. heights of coamings, closing appliances, scantlings and general hull structure of a dumb lighter, the Director is satisfied that a dumb lighter is fit for its intended purpose he may cause the assignment of freeboard certificate issued in respect of the dumb lighter to be endorsed accordingly.

(4) If, on receipt of such a report, the Director is satisfied that a dumb lighter is not fit for its intended purpose or that changes have been made or taken place in the hull or superstructures of the lighter such as to render no longer accurate the dala on the basis of which freeboards were assigned to the lighter, he may cause the assignment of freeboard certificate issued in respect of the dumb lighter to be suspended or cancelled.