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Power of Director Lo delegate.

Appeal to Governor.

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10. The Director may-

(a)

delegate the powers conferred on him by paragraph (5) of regulation 3, paragraph (1) of regulation 5 and para- graph (2) of regulation 9 to any officer of the rank of assistant marine officer or above; and

(6) delegate any other powers conferred on bim by these regulations to any officer of the rank of marine officer or above.

11. A person aggrieved by the exercise of the powers con- ferred by paragraph (4) of regulation 3 may appeal to the Governor

SCHEDULE.

Typhoon Shelters.

Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

Sam Ka Tsuen

Rambler Channel

Tsing Yi

Kowloon South Camber

Kowloon North Camber

Shuen Wan

Aberdeen West and Aberdeen South.

[reg. 2.)

MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 281).

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF PORTS)

(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1969,

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 70 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Citation. (Control of Ports) (Amendment) Regulations 1969.

2, Regulation IA of the principal regulations is amended by inserting the following definition before the definition of "prescribed fee"..

'"'international collision regulations" means the international

rules for the prevention of collisions at sea;”.

3. Regulation 5 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (1)—

(1A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply within a typhoon sbeher to which the Merchant Shipping (Typhoon Shelters) Regulations 1969 apply.”.

Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

4.

7th January 1969.

Explanatory Note.

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

These regulations provide that the use of typhoon shelters will be restricted co-

(a) ferries, launches, junks and certain other small boats if such boats bave a permit or are licensed or registered under the Ordinance;

and

(5) certaja vessels having a permit to use the shelters for any purpose

approved by the Director of Marine.

The general contral of typhoon shelters is vested in the Director, who may exclude certain classes of vessels from particular shelters or particular vessels from all shelters. The Director also has power to remove vessels which are unlawfully in any shelter.

Regulation provides for a general penalty of one thousand dollars for an owner, agent or master of a vessel which contravenes any of the regulations: the person charged will have a defence if he exercised due diligence and did not know of the commission of the offence.

(Secretariat GR 6/5061/61)

Regulation 9 of the principal regulations is amended- (a) in paragraph (1), by deleting "paragraphs (2) and" and

substituting the following-

"paragraph"; and

(b) by deleting paragraph (2).

5.

Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is amended in paragraph (3) by deleting "the international rules for the preven- tion of collisions at sea" and substituting the following-

"the international collision regulations".

Regulation 13 of the principal regulations is revoked and replaced by the following-

"Application 13. (1) Regulations 6 and 7, paragraph (1) of of certain

regulation 10, paragraph (1) of regulation 11 and regulations.

regulation 12 shall apply only to and in relation to a vessel exceeding three hundred tons net register.

(2) Paragraph (2) of regulation 11 shall apply only in relation to a vessel exceeding three hundred

Amendment of

regulation 1A.

(Cxp. 281, sub, Jer-)

Amendment of regulation 5.

Amendment of

regulation 9.

Amendment of regulation 10.

Revocation and replacement

of regulation 13.