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(e) Merchant Chipping Act 1906 of the United Kingdom;

Shipping Act 1970 of the United Kingdom, as amended duties of Government

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(f) Merchant

in 1979 insofar as the powers Surveyors are concerned;

and

(g) Employees' Compensation Ordinance, Chapter 282;

(h) Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance,

Chapter 58;

(i) Employment Ordinance, Chapter 57;

(j)

(k)

Merchant Shipping (Protective Clothing and Equipment)

Regulations;

Telecommunication Ordinance, Chapter 106 and its subsidiary regulations;

(1) Labour Relations Ordinance, Chapter 55;

Copies of (a), (b), (c) and (h) were attached to the report on this convention for the period ending 30 June 1985, and the subsequent amendments to them were attached to the report on this convention for the period ending 30 June 1987. Copies of the United Kingdom Merchant Shipping Acts are in the possession of the ILO. Three copies each of (g) and (i) were attached to the reports on Conventions No. 17 and No. 105 respectively for the period ending 30 June 1991. Three copies of (j) were attached to the report on this convention for the period ending 30 June 1989. A copy of (k) is attached herewith. Copies of (1) were attached to the report on Convention No. 105 for the period ending 30 June 1985.

QUESTION II Article 1

paragraph 2

Under regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations made under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Chapter 281, a "sea-going ship" is defined as a "foreign-going ship engaged on voyages not confined to river trade limits". "River trade limits" is defined under section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance as "the waters

the vicinity of Hong Kong and within certain boundaries; and all inland waterways in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, People's Republic of China, to which access can be obtained by water from the area within those boundaries."