(Cap. 295,
wab, leg.)
18344 5. 160.
"aid to navigation" means a lighthouse, beacon or busy, and any cables, wires and other forms of communication apparatus connected or used with a lighthouse, beacon or buoy:
"authorized officer" means---
(4) the Director and any public officer of the Marine Department of
or above the rank of Marine Assistanı, Clasa T1;
(8) any police officer of or above the rank of Station Sergeant; and (c) any public officer authorized in writing in this behalf by the
Director
"beacon" means any light, mark or sign established as an aid to naviga-
lion, other than a lighthouse or buoy;
"boy" meam any floating light, mark or sign established as an aid to
navigation, other than a lighthouse or beacong
"cargo" means any goods, ships" stores, provisions and equipment, mail and passengers' baggage, carried, or intended to be carried, in or on a vessel;
"cargo handling" means—
(a) the loading of cargo on, or the unloading of cargo from, a vessel; (b) the transfer of cargo within a vessel; or
(c) the boisting, lowering, moving and handling of cargo or any
other thing in any manner. on or from a vessel;
"dangerous goods" means the substances and articles which are specified in the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations; "dead_ship" meats any ship exceeding 50 metres in length, other than «
leid-up vessel, which--
(a) is, for any reason, unable to proceed under its own power. (b) is, for any reason, unable to manoeuvre with its own steering
gear;
(c) is, for any reason, unable to work its own anchors; or
(ơ has any part of the hull structure removed, or under repair,
which may affect the water-tight integrity of the ship;
"Director" means the Director of Marine;
“dynamically supported craft" means a craft that is operable on or above water and the weight of which, or a significant part thereof, is balanced in one mode of operation by other than hydrostatic forces; "international regulations for preventing collisions at soa" means the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea made under section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (including any amend- ments thereto), or any regulations replacing those regulations; "junk" includes any vessel-
(d) of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construction or rig:
(b) of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction but of
European rigi or
(c) of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other
Asiatic rig.
whether such vessel is of a sca-going type or not and whether mechanically propelled or not;
"laid-up vessel" means any vessel exceeding 50 metres in length, other than a dead ship, which remains, or is to remain, within the waters of Hong Kong through lack of employment or pending the outcome of any legal proceedings before any court:
"lighthouse" includes a lightship and any đoạting or other light exhibited
for the guidance of ships, piher than a beacop or buey;
"master", in relation to a vessel other than a vessel to which Part IV applics, means the person (except a pilot) having for the time being command or charge of the vessel;
"mooring" includes a mooring dolphin or post, buoy, pontoon, floating pier or other floating structure used for the mooring of vessels or to assist in the embarkation or disembarkation to or from vessels;
"owner"-
(4) in relation to a vessel. mogaos-
(i) the person or persons registered or licensed as the owner of the vessel, or in the absence of registration or licensing, the person or persons owning the vessel, except that in relation to a vassel owned by a State which is operated by a person registered as the vessel's" operator, it means the person registered as its operator; or
(i) a demise charterer of the vessel; and
(b) in relation to cargo, includes-
(i) the consignor, consignee or shipper of the cargo; and
On the agent of the owner of the cargo;
"pilot" means the person who is a pilot within the meaning of the Pilotage Cap 843
Ordinance:
"place on land" means--
(a) any premises, building or vehicle on land;
(6) any building, structure or object erected or placed on the bed
or shore of the sea; or
(c) anything afloat (other than a vessel) if it is anchored or attached
to the bed or shore of the sea;
"port" means any area of the waters of Hong Kong which is declared to
be a port under section 56;
"port dues" means any due, fee or charge payable under this Ordinance in respect of a vessel which enters the waters of Hong Kong or uses any port facility;
"port facility" means any aid to navigation, mooring or signal station; "river trade limits" means—
(a) the waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong within the following
boundaries-
() to the East, moridian 114° 30′ East;
(i) to the South, parallel 22° 09′ North; and (i) to the West, meridian 113° 31′ East; and
(6) all inland waterways in the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi on the mainland of China to which access can be obtained by water from the area defined in paragraph (0);
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