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(2) Every certificate issued by any organization approved by the Secretary for Economic Services under subsection (1) shall have effect for the purposes of this Ordinance as if it had been issued by the Director.
Surveys
9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every passenger ship shall be surveyed at intervals of not more than 12 months in the manner provided in this Part.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to Convention passenger ships plying on international voyages which hold accepted Convention certificates.
(3) No passenger ship shall clear outwards or proceed on any voyage from Hong Kong unless the master has the certificates as to survey required under this Part which are in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed.
(4) Any passenger ship attempting to go to sea may be detained until the certificates mentioned in subsection (3) are produced to the Director.
10. (1) The owner or master of a passenger ship to which section 9 applies shall have the ship surveyed by a Government surveyor.
(2) The surveyor conducting a survey under subsection (1) shall, if satisfied that he can properly do so, complete a declaration of survey in such form as the Director may approve and forward the completed declaration to the Director.
(3) A declaration of survey under subsection (2) shall state-
(a) the limits, if any, beyond which the ship is not fit to ply;
and
(b) the number of passengers which the ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, the numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins,
and shall, if the circumstances so require, state any conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other circumstances to which that number is subject.
(4) If in the opinion of the surveyor a passenger ship is fit to ply on international voyages while engaged in a special trade for the carriage of large numbers of special trade passengers, such as the pilgrim trade, his declaration of survey under subsection (2) shall so state.
11. (1) The owner or master of a ship to which this section applies shall have the ship surveyed to such extent, in such manner and at such intervals as may be prescribed by the cargo ship construction and survey regulations.
Annual survey of passenger ship.
Mode of survey
and declaration of survey.
Survey of ships other than passenger ships.
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1981 Ed.]
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(2) Every certificate issued by any organization approved by the Secretary for Economic Services under subsection (1) shall have effect for the purposes of this Ordinance as if it had been issued by the Director.
Surveys
9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every passenger ship shall be surveyed at intervals of not more than 12 months in the manner provided in this Part.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to Convention passenger ships plying on international voyages which hold accepted Conven- tion certificates.
(3) No passenger ship shall clear outwards or proceed on any voyage from Hong Kong unless the master has the certificates as to survey required under this Part which are in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed.
(4) Any passenger ship attempting to go to sea may be detained until the certificates mentioned in subsection (3) are pro- duced to the Director.
10. (1) The owner or master of a passenger ship to which section 9 applies shall have the ship surveyed by a Government surveyor.
(2) The surveyor conducting a survey under subsection (1) shall, if satisfied that he can properly do so, complete a declaration of survey in such form as the Director may approve and forward the completed declaration to the Director.
(3) A declaration of survey under subsection (2) shall state- (a) the limits, if any, beyond which the ship is not fit to ply;
and
(b) the number of passengers which the ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, the numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins,
and shall, if the circumstances so require, state any conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other circumstances to which that number is subject.
(4) If in the opinion of the surveyor a passenger ship is fit to ply on international voyages while engaged in a special trade for the carriage of large numbers of special trade passengers, such as the pilgrim trade, his declaration of survey under subsection (2) shall so state.
11. (1) The owner or master of a ship to which this section applies shall have the ship surveyed to such extent, in such manner and at such intervals as may be prescribed by the cargo ship construction and survey regulations.
Annual survey of passenger ship.
Mode of survey
and declaration of survey.
Survey of ships other than passenger ships.
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