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and regulations where this is necessary in areas
covered by such conventions (e.g. River Trade passenger
ships). The Authority must enforce maritime law on all
ships under its jurisdiction. It must also be
responsible for the survey of ships and equipment, the
examination and certification of officers and crews,
investigating marine casualties, making rules and
issuing notices to masters, owners,
Additionally
it is also likely to control the manner in which the
Register is operated.
5.3.
Unless otherwise stated, reference in this
paper to "the Register" embraces both the operation of
the register-proper and the functions of the Regulatory
Shipping Authority.
5.4.
The Hong Kong Shipowners Association had
already been consulted by HMG in the context of drafting
instructions for the new MSA and had noted that the UK
Department of Transport felt that "It will be important
to be able to delegate the management of the register to
a non-governmental body and a specific power will be
required ....".
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