1964_MERCHANT_SHIPPING_(MISCELLANEOUS_CRAFT)_REGULATIONS — Page 8

[Subsidiary]

CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft)

Regulations

[1983 Ed.

Service of documents.

L.N. 33:70.

Obligation to obtain licence.

Painting of licence numbers.

after-

(i) the owner of the vessel or his declared agent has ceased to reside in, or to have a shore address in, Hong Kong; or (ii) the declared agent has ceased to act as the agent of the owner,

as the case may be.

(3) If the licensee is the agent of the owner of the vessel he shall, when giving notification to the Director of the particulars specified in paragraph (1) of this regulation, comply with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of regulation 3A as if he were an applicant applying for the issue of a licence under regulation 3.

(4) On receipt of a notification under this regulation the Director shall cause free of any charge the change of address of the owner of the vessel or his declared agent or the name and address of the new agent, if any, of the owner, as the case may be, to be-

(a) endorsed on the licence; and

(b) noted in the register maintained by him under regulation 3(7).

(5) Any licensee who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000.

(6) The Director may suspend, cancel or refuse to renew any licence issued under regulation 3 if he is satisfied that a licensee has not complied with paragraph (1), (2) or (3).

3C. Any document which is required or permitted under the Ordinance to be served on the owner of a vessel licensed under regulation 3 may be served upon the owner or his agent as declared under regulation 3A or 3B (if any) personally or may be served by addressing it to the owner or his declared agent and leaving the document at, or forwarding it by post to, the declared address of the owner or his agent.

4. (1) No person shall possess, use, engage or let out for hire any vessel in the waters of Hong Kong unless a licence or an anchorage permit in respect of such vessel in the form prescribed by these regulations has been issued by the Director.

(2) No vessel shall go on a voyage without a licence or voyage permit in the prescribed form issued by the Director under these regulations.

5.

Every licence shall be numbered and a corresponding number shall be painted on each bow and on the stern of the licensed vessel. Such painting shall be done only by persons authorized by the Director.