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MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE. (Chapter 281).

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF PORTS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1970,

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 70 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Citation.

(Control of Ports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1970.

2. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended-

(a) in paragraph (1) by deleting "first 30 days" and sub-

stituting the following---

"day of arrival"; and

(b) by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following- "(3) Exemption from anchorage fees shall be granted in respect of any day or part of a day a vessel is

(a) at anchor in a naval anchorage:

(b) secured to a naval, government or private mooring buoy, or a naval, government or private pier:

(c) secured alongside a shipyard or at a slipway

or drydock, or

(d) secured alongside a vessel which is secured

alongside a shipyard.”.

Dd. A

Clerk of Coundfis.

Amendment of regulation 5.

(Cap. 28), nub. Jeg)

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

25th August 1970.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note by not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

At present, no anchurage fee is charged for the initial 30 days & vessel is at anchor in the waters of Hong Kong or in respect of a vessel which is under repair or survey.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6 of the principal regulations so as to charge anchorage fees for all the time a vessel is at anchor in the waters of Hong Kong except for the day of arrival, whether or aat such vessel is under repair or survey.