CO129-559-16 Amendments to regulations made under Merchant Shipping Ordinance- 1899 30-9-1936 - 30-9-1936 — Page 32

No. 10 of 1899

MERCHANT SHIPPING

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1899. (MERCHANT SHIPPING).

Published in the Government Gazette of the 15th May, 1956, Government Notification No. 437.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 (6) and section 13 (1) and section 37 (2) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1935, and of all other powers there- unto enabling, the Governor in Council makes the following regulations as to fire appliances :-

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations, 1935, and shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of July, 1936.

Classification of Ships.

2. For the purposes of these regulations ships are divided into the several Groups and Classes set forth in Regulation 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1935.

Application.

3. These regulations shall apply to all new ships of Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Group 1 (hereinafter referred to as Class A) and to all new ships in Group II (hereinafter referred to as Class B), and to all existing ships of those classes save in so far as the Governor may in the exercise of the power conferred on him by section 10 (6) a of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1935, treat such existing ships as complying with the requirements of these regulations.

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