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(c)

(a)

(e)

Arrange supply of provisions and fuel from CAS;

Arrange Marine Officer through Mardep Port Control; Liaise with Colony Polmil concerning towing details; (f) Open a CACCS to record each step of the procedure.

On receipt of information from M RCCC or Colony Polmil that

a vessel is to be removed from Territorial waters, SOC R will arrange for an RN Patrol Craft to R/V with the vessel on the lee side of Po

Toi Island. He will ascertain from Colony Folmil where the vessel is

to be towed to and convey this information to the Patrol Craft concerned.

He will maintain liaison with M RCCC.

Officers Commanding police launches/Eatrol Craft at the scene

12.

The senior officer on board a police launch/Patrol Craft

designated to remove a vessel from HK waters will be the Field Commander.

He will first of all remove all the occupants from the vessel and detain

them on board his own or another Government vessel. He will then make

a general survey of the condition of the vessel with regard to its sca- worthiness and stage of provisioning/fuelling. If the vessel appears to him to be clearly unseaworthy, he will scek instructions before

proceeding further. He will open a log in accordance with the format

at Annex B, and hand over a copy of this log to any other craft which

takes over the duty from him. If the vessel is in or near the Harbour area, he will guard it until the completion of refuelling/re-provisioning

and surveying, and will then tow it to the lee side of Fo Toi Island,

otherwise he will tow it immediately to Po Toi Island where surveying,

refuelling and re-provisioning will take place. The occupants of the

veeerl will here be transferred from the police launch to the RN Patrol

Craft which will continue the tow to a position in international waters

as ordered by Colony Polmil. Having reached this position, the occupants

will be returned to their vessel and the Patrol Craft will then

immediately leave the scene in order to negate the possibility of the

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