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SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 36/86

A255

HONG KONG

No. 36 OF 1986

I assent.

L.S.

Edward YOUDE,

Governor.

3 July 1986

An Ordinance to amend the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance.

[4 July 1986]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Shipping and Port Control (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1986.

2.

Section 24(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by deleting the definition of "certificate of competency";

(b) by inserting after the definition of "licence" the following-

3.

"local certificate of competency" means a certificate of competency

issued under this Part;".

Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1) by inserting before "certificates" the following—

"local";

(b) by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following—

"(2) The Director may make rules prescribing or providing for-

(a) the issue by the Director of local certificates of competency

and the method of granting such certificates;

(b) the classes and grades of local certificates of competency and

the endorsements appropriate to each class and grade; (c) the combining of two or more classes or grades of local

certificate of competency in one document if appropriate; (d) the addition or removal of endorsements on local certificates

of competency;

(e) the recognition of one type of local certificate of competency as equivalent to another type of local certificate of compe- tency for all or specified purposes;

(f) the procedure for applying for a local certificate of compe- tency and for the conduct of examinations under subsection (1);

(g) the subjects to be taken at such examinations or the manner in

which those subjects are to be specified;

(h) the standards of competency to be attained by candidates in order to pass such examinations and other conditions to be satisfied by candidates, and applicants for a local certificate of competency;

(i) the requirements to be satisfied for a person to be exempted

under subsection (5) from any part of such an examination;

Amendment of section 24. (Cap. 313.)

Amendment of section 29.

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