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CAP. 369]
Merchant Shipping (Safety)
Renewal of radio certificates for small cargo ships.
Issue of
general safety certificates, etc. on partial
compliance with regulations.
Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption
certificates.
[1981 Ed.
the ship is wholly exempt from the requirements of the Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, radio navigational aids and direction-finders and specifying the voyages on which, and conditions (if any) on which, the ship is so exempt.
19. Where a cargo ship safety radio certificate or qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate is in force in respect of a ship of less than 500 tons gross tonnage, other than a passenger ship, and the ship is surveyed by a Government surveyor at a time not earlier than 2 months before the end of the period for which the certificate is in force, then, if on receipt of the declaration of survey a new certificate is issued before the end of that period-
(a) the current certificate may be cancelled; and
(b) the new certificate may, notwithstanding anything in section 26, be issued for a period ending not later than 12 months after the end of the first-mentioned period.
20. Where a ship complies with all the requirements of the passenger ship construction regulations, the life-saving appliance regulations, the fire-fighting appliances regulations, the radio regulations and the navigational equipment regulations applicable to the ship and to the voyages on which it is to be engaged so far as those requirements are requirements of the Convention applicable as aforesaid, the Director may issue in respect of the ship a general safety certificate, short voyage safety certificate, cargo ship safety equipment certificate or cargo ship safety radio certificate, as the case may be, notwithstanding that it is exempt from, or for some other reason does not comply with, any requirements of those regulations which are not applicable requirements of the Convention.
21. (1) If the Director is satisfied, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a ship to which section II applies and which is registered in Hong Kong, that the ship complies with the cargo ship construction and survey regulations applicable to the ship and such voyages as it is to be engaged on, he shall, on the application of the owner, agent or master, issue in respect of the ship-
(a) if the ship is of not less than 500 tons gross tonnage and is to be engaged on international voyages, a cargo ship safety construction certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention or by the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Convention;
(b) in any other case, a cargo ship safety construction certificate showing that it complies with the said regulations.
(2) If the Director, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of such a ship, is satisfied that-
(a) the ship is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by him of a power in that behalf conferred on him by this Ordinance or
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14
CAP. 369]
Merchant Shipping (Safety)
Renewal of radio certificates for small cargo ships.
Issue of
general safety certificates, etc. on partial
compliance with regulations.
Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption
certificates.
[1981 Ed.
the ship is wholly exempt from the requirements of the Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, radio navigational aids and direction-finders and specifying the voyages on which, and conditions (if any) on which, the ship is so exempt.
19. Where a cargo ship safety radio certificate or qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate is in force in respect of a ship of less than 500 tons gross tonnage, other than a passenger ship, and the ship is surveyed by a Government surveyor at a time not earlier than 2 months before the end of the period for which the certificate is in force, then, if on receipt of the declaration of survey a new certificate is issued before the end of that period-
(a) the current certificate may be cancelled; and
(b) the new certificate may, notwithstanding anything in sec- tion 26, be issued for a period ending not later than 12 months after the end of the first-mentioned period.
20. Where a ship complies with all the requirements of the passenger ship construction regulations, the life-saving appliance regulations, the fire-fighting appliances regulations, the radio regula- tions and the navigational equipment regulations applicable to the ship and to the voyages on which it is to be engaged so far as those requirements are requirements of the Convention applicable as aforesaid, the Director may issue in respect of the ship a general safety certificate, short voyage safety certificate, cargo ship safety equipment certificate or cargo ship safety radio certificate, as the case may be, notwithstanding that it is exempt from, or for some other reason does not comply with, any requirements of those regulations which are not applicable requirements of the Conven- tion.
21. (1) If the Director is satisfied, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a ship to which section II applies and which is registered in Hong Kong, that the ship complies with the cargo ship construction and survey regulations applicable to the ship and such voyages as it is to be engaged on, he shall, on the application of the owner, agent or master, issue in respect of the ship-
(a) if the ship is of not less than 500 tons gross tonnage and is to be engaged on international voyages, a cargo ship safety construction certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention or by the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Convention;
(b) in any other case, a cargo ship safety construction certifi-
cate showing that it complies with the said regulations.
(2) If the Director, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of such a ship, is satisfied that-
(a) the ship is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by him of a power in that behalf conferred on him by this Ordinance or
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