1986 Ed.] Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Vessels)
Regulations
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the licensed owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer or the charter agreement is entered into, notify the Director in writing of the name and address of the new owner or of the charterer of the vessel.
(2) Where a joint or part owner of a licensed pleasure vessel transfers his interest in the pleasure vessel to any other person, such joint or part owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer, notify the Director in writing of the name and address of the new joint or part owner and the Director shall make the necessary alterations in the register maintained under regulation 4.
(3) Where the full ownership of a pleasure vessel in respect of which there is a current licence is transferred, the current licence of the pleasure vessel shall be transferred to the new owner until its expiry; and the new owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer, produce the licence to the Director who shall
(a) on payment of the prescribed fee, endorse on the licence the name of the licensed owner and, for the purpose of ascertaining the name of the licensed owner, regulation 3(1) shall apply as if the reference in that regulation to an application for a licence included a reference to the production of a licence under this paragraph; and
(b) make the necessary alterations in the register maintained under regulation 4.
(4) A licensed owner who contravenes paragraph (1), or a joint or part owner who contravenes paragraph (2), or a new owner who contravenes paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.
7. (1) No pleasure vessel of more than 3 m in length or fitted with an engine of more than 3 kW total power shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless there is on board-
(a) a person holding a valid and appropriate local certificate of competency as master of a pleasure vessel or an equivalent local or other certificate of competency; and
(b) a person holding a valid and appropriate local certificate of competency as engineer of a pleasure vessel or an equivalent local or other certificate of competency.
(2) Where there is on board a pleasure vessel which is under way in the waters of Hong Kong a person who holds valid and appropriate local certificates of competency both as master and as engineer of a pleasure vessel or equivalent local or other certificates of competency, paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be complied with.
(2A) No pleasure vessel which is 3 m in length or less and is fitted with an engine of not more than 3 kW in power shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless the person in charge thereof is not less than 16 years of age.
$ 7
[Subsidiary]
Holders of
certificates of competency on vessels under way.
L.N. 55/78. L.N. 187/86.
L.N. 187/86.
1986 Ed.] Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Vessels)
Regulations
[CAP. 281
the licensed owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer or the charter agreement is entered into, notify the Director in writing of the name and address of the new owner or of the charterer of the vessel.
(2) Where a joint or part owner of a licensed pleasure vessel transfers his interest in the pleasure vessel to any other person, such joint or part owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer, notify the Director in writing of the name and address of the new joint or part owner and the Director shall make the necessary alterations in the register maintained under regulation 4.
(3) Where the full ownership of a pleasure vessel in respect of which there is a current licence is transferred, the current licence of the pleasure vessel shall be transferred to the new owner until its expiry; and the new owner shall, within 72 hours after the transfer, produce the licence to the Director who shall
(a) on payment of the prescribed fee, endorse on the licence the name of the licensed owner and, for the purpose of ascertaining the name of the licensed owner, regula- tion 3(1) shall apply as if the reference in that regulation to an application for a licence included a reference to the production of a licence under this paragraph; and
(b) make the necessary alterations in the register maintained
under regulation 4.
(4) A licensed owner who contravenes paragraph (1), or a joint or part owner who contravenes paragraph (2), or a new owner who contravenes paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.
7. (1) No pleasure vessel of more than 3 m in length or fitted with an engine of more than 3 kW total power shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless there is on board-
(a) a person holding a valid and appropriate local certificate of competency as master of a pleasure vessel or an equivalent local or other certificate of competency; and
(b) a person holding a valid and appropriate local certificate of competency as engineer of a pleasure vessel or an equiva- lent local or other certificate of competency.
(2) Where there is on board a pleasure vessel which is under way in the waters of Hong Kong a person who holds valid and appropriate local certificates of competency both as master and as engineer of a pleasure vessel or equivalent local or other certificates of competency, paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be complied with.
(2A) No pleasure vessel which is 3 m in length or less and is fitted with an engine of not more than 3 kW in power shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless the person in charge thereof is not less than 16 years of age.
$ 7
[Subsidiary]
Holders of
certificates of competency on vessels under
way.
L.N. 55/78. L.N. 187/86.
L.N. 187/86.
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