EDUCATION (EXEMPTION) ORDER

EDUCATION (EXEMPTION) ORDER

EDUCATION (EXEMPTION) ORDER.

(Cap. 279, section 9(3)*.

[6th September, 1963.]

1. This Order may be cited as the Education (Exemption) Order.

2. Every school which is carried on in any vessel shall be exempt
from the provisions of section 11(b)(ii) of the Education Ordinance and
of Part 11 of the Education Regulations, other than regulation 5,
regulation 9(1) and (2) and regulation 10, so long as such school
complies with the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. Every vessel used as a school must be

(a) licensed by the Director of Marine;

(b) seaworthy to the satisfaction of the Director of Marine;

(e)provided with such life-saving and fire-fighting appliances as are
required by any enactment;

(d)provided with such lights and sound signals and anchors as the
Director of Marine may consider necessary; and

(e)provided with such watertight sub-divisions, exits and gangways as
the Director of Marine may consider necessary to provide adequately
for the safety of persons in the vessel.

2. Every such vessel and every part thereof and all equipment installed therein
shall at all times be maintained and kept in good order to the satisfaction of the
Director of Marine.

3. No person in excess of such number as shall be prescribed by the Director of
Marine may be permitted to be on or in such vessel at any time.

4. When pupils are on board such vessel for the purposes of the school there
shall be at all times on board the vessel and on duty therein at least one teacher.

This Order was made under section 6(2) of the repealed Education Ordinance
(Cap. 279, 1964 Ed.) and, by virtue of section 36(1) of the Interpretation and
General Clauses Ordinance, continue to have the like effect as if it had been
made under section 9(3) of the new Education Ordinance (enacted in 1971 and
Cap. 279 in this edition).
L.N. 108/63. L.N. 106/71. Citation. Exemption from compliance. L.N. 106/71. (Cap. 279.) (Cap. 279, sub. leg.)

L.N. 108/63. L.N. 106/71. Citation. Exemption from compliance. L.N. 106/71. (Cap. 279.) (Cap. 279, sub. leg.)

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