MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation Page

PART 1

CITATION

1.........Citation ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... PS
1A........Interpretation ................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... PS

PART II

CLASSIFICATION AND LICENSING OF VESSELS

2...........Classification .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 5

3.................Licences and voyage permits ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 6
3A. Applicant for licence required to declare name and address of owner and his

agent (if any) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 6
3B. Licensee required to notify the Director of any change of address of the owner or

his agent and any cessation of agency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 7

3C..............Service of documents .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 8
4...............Obligation to obtain licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 8

5.................Painting of licence numbers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 8

6..........................Discretion to issue, suspend, cancel or amend ... ... ... ... ... ... P 9

7........................Licence to be kept on board and produced ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 9
8........................Issue of duplicate licence if destroyed, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 9

9.................Penalty for fraudulent use ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 9

to.....................................Licensing of vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, etc. ... P 9

PART Ill

DUTIES OF OWNERS, MASTERS AND AGENTS, ETC.

11..........................Engines not to be fitted to vessels in certain cases ... ... ... ... ... ... P 10

12............Sale to be reported ........... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 11

13.................Penalty for false statements ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 11

14.......................Penalty for breach of conditions of licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 12

is.................Obligation to report arrival ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 12

16.......................Obligation to report intended departure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 12

17..........Monthly permit .................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 13

18.....................................Limitation of passengers on sailing vessels plying outside certain limits ... P 13

PART IV

DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY MEASURES







19. Vessels not to leave Colony under certain circumstances and means of

prevention ........................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 13

20.................Number of persons permitted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 14





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21. Carriage of passengers in mechanically propelled vessels ... ... ... ... ... P 14
22. Life saving appliances for passenger carrying vessels ... ... ... ... ... ... P
14
23. Passenger-carrying vessels to be kept clean ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... P 14
24. Navigation or signal lights ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 15
25. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 15
26. Change of master to he reportedr ... ... ... ... ... ... P 15
27. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 15
28. Vessels to be properly manned and equipped... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
29. No vessel to be used for unlawful purposes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
30. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
31. Steamships not to be approached ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... P 16
32. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
33. Prohibition of false bottoms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
34. Prohibition of dangerous goods ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
35. Not to use drags. etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 16
36. 'Yulo' to be rigged in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17
37. Vessels not to be used for towing ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... P 17
38. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... '' *** ... ... ... P 17

PART V

PROVISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES OF
VESSELS

Class I Vessels

39. Embarkation and disembarkation of passengers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17
40. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17
41. [Revoked] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17
42. Duties of masters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17

Class II Vessels

43. Restriction on leaving Hong Kong ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 17

44. Obligation to let boat ... ... 1 . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 18
45. Restriction on conveyance of passengers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 18
45A. Assignment of freeboard to dumb lighters... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 18
45B. Issue of load line certificates and assignment of freeboard certificates to dumb
lighters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... P 18
45C. Periodical inspection of dumb lighters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 18
45D. Applications for initial issue of certificates to be accompanied with full
particulars and plans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 19
45E. Offence ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 19
45F. Application for licence to be accompanied by valid load line certificate or
assignment of freeboard certificate ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 19





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45G...........................Restriction on the use and operation of dumb lighters ... ... ... ... ... P 20

46...........Water boats .................... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 20

Class III, Class IV and Class V Vessels

47. Conveyance of passengers.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 20

Class VI Vessels

47A. Conveyance of passengers.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 20

Class VIII Vessels

47B..............Meaning of construction .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 20

47C.............................Consent required for construction of Class VIII vessel ... ... ... .1. P 20

47D............Refusal to approve ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 22

47E.............................Conditions on permission or approval and effect thereof ... ... ... ... P 22

4717. Additional requirements for first licensing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 22.

47G................Permission to enter waters ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 23

47H............Periodical inspection ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 23

471...................Alterations to a Class VIII vessel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 23

47J................Closure of a Class VIII vessel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 23

47K. Application of Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance ... ... ... ... P 24

47L................Number of persons permitted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P25

PART VA

LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPEtENCY

48A. Vessels required to carry certificated masters and engineers ... ... ... ... P 25

48B.....................Issue of local certificates of competency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 26
48C.....................Loss, etc. of local certificates of competency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P
26

48D. Record of engagment and discharge of master and engineer ... ... ... ... P 27
48E. Duty of master or engineer upon engagement or discharge ... ... ... ... P 27

48F. Duty of owner on engagement or discharge of master or engineer ... ... ... P27

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS



49. Penalties .................................. ... ... ... ... ... ... P 28
50. Transitional ......................... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... P 28

First Schedule. Form of licenses .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 29

Second Schedule..[Deleted] ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 40











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Third Schedule.Special anchorage permit for an unlicensed vessel to remain in the
waters of Hong Kong for a period not exceeding seven days from
date of arrival ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 40
Fourth Schedule. Day clearance for unlicensed vessel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 41
Fifth Schedule. Monthly permit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 42
Sixth Schedule. Voyage permit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 42
Seventh Schedule. Form of Certificates of inspection ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P43
Eighth Schedule.Declaration of fitness for vessel to carry petroleum product in bulk P45
Ninth Schedule. Permit for carriage of dangerous goods ... ... ... ... ... ... P 45
Tenth Schedule. Application for change of ownership of vessel ... ... ... ... ... P 46
Eleventh Schedule. Assigned freeboards and markings for dumb lighters ... ... ... P 47
Twelfth Schedule. Assignment of freeboard certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 49
Thirteenth Schedule. Certificates of Competency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 50
Fourteenth Schedule. Application Forms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P 53

Fifteenth Schedule.................Certificate of Inspection (Floating Restaurant) ... ... ... ... P 54





MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 281, section 105)*

[11 January 1957.1

PART I

CITATION

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
(Miscellaneous Craft) Regulations.

1A. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'prescribed fee' means a fee prescribed in the Merchant Shipping
(Fees) Regulations;

'typhoon shelter' means a typhoon shelter specified in the Schedule to
the Shipping and Port Control (Typhoon Shelters) Regulations.

PART 11

CLASSIFICATION AND LICENSING OF VESSELS

2. Under these regulations, vessels shall be classified as follows

Class L Sampans not exceeding 150 piculs in capacity used for the
carriage of passengers in any typhoon shelter and in any port
other than the port of Victoria.

Class II Vessels plying as mechanically propelled vessels, sailing
vessels, dumb lighters, cargo boats or water boats.

Class III.. Vessels used as fish drying vessels and vessels, other than
Class VII and Class VIII vessels and vessels used, constructed or
adapted principally for dwelling purposes, that tend to remain
stationary in any part of the waters of Hong Kong.

Class IV.. Miscellaneous types, such as pilot boats, trading boats,
fishing boats, hawker boats, coolie boats, ash boats, pleasure
boats hired from beaches, salvage boats and other vessels which
do not fall clearly within any other class.

Class V.. Mechanically propelled trading junks or sailing trading junks,
exceeding 150 piculs in capacity plying anywhere within the
waters of Hong Kong:

Provided that vessels plying solely within harbour limits shall
not be included in this class.

These regulations are now deemed to have been made under section 33 of
the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance (Cap. 313)-see s. 35(1) thereof.





Class VI.. Mechanically propelled fishing junks or sailing fishing junks
exceeding 150 piculs in capacity plying anywhere within the
waters of Hong Kong.

Class VII Floating dry docks and floating workshops that tend to
remain stationary in the waters of Hong Kong.

Class VIII: Floating restaurants, that is to say, vessels that tend to
remain stationary in any part of the waters of Hong Kong and that
are constructed for use or are used primarily for the purpose of a
food business involving the sale of meals to the general public for
consumption on board, together with any kitchen boats, fish
carriers, storage barges, separation barges, landing pontoons or
other vessels that tend to remain stationary and are ancillary
thereto.

3. (1) The Director is hereby authorized to issue licences under
these regulations for use and operation of vessels according to their
appropriate classification as in regulation 2 in such form and with such
conditions as prescribed in appropriate forms in the First Schedule.

(2) In any case of doubt as to the class in which any vessel should
be licensed the decision of the Director shall be final.

(3) Licences may be issued for a period of not exceeding 12 months
on payment of the appropriate prescribed fee.

(4) [Deleted, L.N. 273/83.

(5) All licences, on expiry, shall be surrendered to the Director.

(6) The Director, at his discretion, may, on application, issue to the
owner or master of any vessel

(a)which has entered any port of Hong Kong and to which no
licence can be issued, an anchorage permit; or

(b) a voyage permit,

in the forms respectively set out in the Third and Sixth Schedules
respectively upon payment of the prescribed fees.

(7) The Director shall maintain a register of all vessels licensed
under this regulation and shall record in the register the particulars of
every such vessel and the owners thereof.

3A. (1) An applicant for the issue of a licence under regulation 3
shall declare in writing

(a)the name and address of the owner of the vessel in respect of
which the application is made; and

(b)if the owner of the vessel is not resident in, or has no shore
address in, Hong Kong





(i) the name and address of a person, resident in and
having a shore address in Hong Kong, who has agreed to
act as the agent of the owner for the purposes of these
regulations; or
(ii) if no such person has agreed to act as the agent of
the owner, a Marine Licensing Station or a Fish Marketing
Organization market or depot, as the address of the owner
of the vessel for the purposes of these regulations.

(2) An applicant who is acting as agent for the owner of the
vessel shall furnish to the Director a written agreement signed by the
owner authorizing him to apply for the licence and to comply with
all requirements connected therewith.

(3) If the applicant declares the names and address of some
other person as the agent of the owner of the vessel he shall furnish
to the Director-

(a)an agreement in writing signed by the owner authorizing
such person to act as his agent for the purposes of these
regulations; and

(b)an agreement in writing signed by such other person
agreeing to act as the agent of the owner.

(4) The Director shall cause the name and address of the
owner of the vessel and the name and address of the agent (if any) of
the owner as declared under this regulation-

(a)to be endorsed on the licence issued under regulation 3 in
respect of the vessel; and

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

(5) The Director may refuse to issue a licence under regula-
tion 3 if he is satisfied that an applicant has not complied with
paragraph (1), (2) or (3).

3B. (1) If-

(a)the owner of a vessel licensed under regulation 3 or his
agent as declared under regulation 3A (if any) ceases to
reside in, or have a shore address in, Hong Kong; or

(b)the agent as declared under regulation 3A (if any) of the
owner ceases to act as the agent of the owner,

the licensee shall notify the Director thereof in writing and shall
deliver the licence to the Director.

(2) The time within which a licensee shall comply with para-
graph (1) shall be-
(a)in the case of a licensee who is a member of a Fishermen's
Co-operative Society, 30 days; or

(b) in any other case, 72 hours,





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. No fee shall be charged therefor unless the number has
been obliterated or defaced, in which event the prescribed fee shall
be charged.

6. (1) The Director may refuse to issue a licence, voyage
permit or anchorage permit if he thinks that it is reasonable to do so.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Director to suspend or cancel any
licence or permit for any breach of any conditions of a licence or
permit or of any of these regulations.

(3) The Director may, at any time, make such additions or
amendments to the conditions of any licence or permit as may
appear to him to be necessary or advisable in the interest of
discipline or safety.

7. Every licence or permit issued under these regulations
shall, at all times, except where otherwise provided by law, be kept
on board the vessel for which it is issued and shall be produced on
demand to any marine, police or revenue officers. Failure to produce
such licence or permit shall constitute an offence.

8. Where any licence or permit issued under these regulations
is accidentally destroyed, defaced or lost, the Director may, if he is
satisfied as to the destruction, defacement or loss of such licence or
permit, issue a duplicate licence or permit and such duplicate shall
have the same force and effect as the original licence or permit. The
prescribed fees shall be payable in respect of the issue of such
duplicates.

9. Any person who fraudulently alters or uses, or permits to
be fraudulently altered or used, a licence or permit issued under
these regulations, or a duplicate of any such licence or permit, shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
$10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

10. (1) As from the date of coming into operation of these
regulations, no new vessel coming under survey for the first time
shall be accepted for the purpose of licensing if such vessel is
installed with either a hot bulb or a petrol paraffin engine, whether
for propulsion or for any other purpose.

(2) Vessels already licensed and fitted with hot bulb engines
shall be permitted to renew their licences subject to undergoing a
satisfactory survey.

(3) The owner of every vessel fitted with mechanical means of
propulsion or other prime mover not connected with propulsion,
applying for a licence, shall produce to the Director a certificate
from a Government surveyor in the forms given in the Seventh
Schedule, whichever may be appropriate, and certifying that-





(a)an inspection of the complete machinery installation and the
arrangements of fuel storage and piping in connexion
therewith has been made; and

(b)the equipment for extinguishing fires has been examined and
found satisfactory or that, having regard to the primitive build
and the service in which the vessel is to be engaged, there
does not appear to be an undue risk of fire or explosion.

(4) The following particulars shall be entered by the Director in the
licence book and the certificate of inspection

(a) the type of engines,

(b) the number of engines,

(c) the maker's engine numbers,

(d) the number of propellers,

(e) the number of fuel tanks and their aggregate capacity,

(f) the number and type of fire appliances provided,

(g) th e number and type of life-saving appliances provided,

(h) the number of crew and number of passengers allowed.

(5) The machinery space of every vessel fitted with mechanical
means of propulsion shall, where considered necessary, be bounded at
both ends by efficient bulkheads.

(6) The owner of every vessel fitted with a steam boiler, pressure
unit, mechanical or electrical appliance, whether for propulsion,
pumping, working cargo or any other purpose, on applying for a licence,
shall produce to the Director a certificate from a Government surveyor
certifying that the boiler, pressure unit, mechanical or electrical
appliance is fit for the service intended.

PART III

DUTIES OF OWNERS, MASTERS AND AGENTS, ETC.

11. (1) No owner, licensee, charterer or master of any vessel shall

(a)fit or permit to be fitted, to such vessel, any engine using
petrol or paraffin or any combination of petrol and paraffin as
fuel; or

(b)where such vessel, in respect of which a licence or permit has
been issued by the Director, then, during the currency of
such licence or permit fit or cause to be fitted to that vessel
any mechanical means of propulsion, auxiliary machinery,
steam boiler or pressure vessel without the consent of the
Director.





(2) Any owner, licensee, charterer or master contravening and any
person who uses, engages, lets out for hire or is in charge of any vessel
fitted with engines in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

(3) No material alteration in the approved arrangements for
machinery, fuel storage, equipment, or fittings, shall be made during
the currency of the licence, without the permission of the Director.

(3A) In the event of the contravention of paragraph (3) in respect
of a vessel, the owner, licensee and master of the vessel in respect of
which the contravention occurs shall each be guilty of an offence and
shall each be liable on conviction to a fine of 55,000.

(4) The master of every mechanically propelled vessel shall ensure
that the machinery spaces of his vessel are at all times kept clean and
free from unnecessary combustible materials and that waste oil is not
allowed to accumulate in the bilges and in default he shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

12. (1) Where the ownership of any licensed vessel is changed the
new owner shall, within 7 days

(a)report the change of ownership in the form set out in the
Tenth Schedule; and

(b) at the same time produce the vessel's licence; and

(c) pay the prescribed fees; and

(d)produce such documentary proof of the change of ownership
as the Director may require,

to the Director.

(2) The Director shall then endorse on the licence the particulars of
the change of ownership and correspondingly alter the Register of
Licences.

(3) If, on the change of ownership of a licensed vessel, the new
owner, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with paragraph (1)
within the period specified in that paragraph, he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

13. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement for the
purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person. the grant
of a licence, permit, certificate of survey, clearance or any other
document issued under these regulations, or the variation or renewal of
any such documents, or for any other purpose. shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of 10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months.





14. Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes
any of the conditions of any licence or permit granted under these
regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $1,000.

15. The master of every vessel shall, immediately on arrival,
report such arrival at the Marine Department or at the nearest
station of the Director or, if the said Department or station is
closed, as soon as possible after it is again open for business, and
shall deposit the licence and furnish the following particulars-

(a)the name, licence number and capacity (in piculs) of the
vessel;

(b)the name, address and description of the owner, the
charterer (if any) and the master;

(e)the name and address of every consignee or agent (if any)
of the vessel and cargo in Hong Kong;

(d)manifest of the cargo on board and the number of crew
and passengers;

(e)the place from which the vessel came, the date of departure
from such place and the date of arrival;

the number and nature of guns, arms and ammunition
carried (if any);

(g) particulars of all dangerous goods on board.

16. (1) The master of every vessel shall, 18 hours before the
time of intended departure-

(a)hoist at the highest mast-head such flag or signal as shall be
specified by the Director; and

(b)give notice of such intended departure, and the nature of
the proposed voyage, the manifest of the cargo on board,
the number of crew and number of passengers, the particu-
lars of any guns, arms, ammunition and other articles on
board,

at the Marine Department or at the Marine Licensing Station at
which the licence or other identification papers have been deposited.

(2) The master, on complying with the requirements in para-
graph (1) will, if there is no reasonable objection, have the licence or
other identification papers returned to him; and the master of an
unlicensed vessel which is in the waters of Hong Kong by virtue of a
permit issued under regulation 3(6) shall, on complying with the
aforesaid requirements, have, free of charge, a clearance in the form
prescribed in the Fourth Schedule:

Provided that if any vessel which has given notice of her
intended departure has not departed within 24 hours of the time





stated in that notice, the master shall report, at the Marine Department
or Marine Licensing Station as the case may be, the reasons for the
delay and shall, if so required, re-deposit the said licence or
identification papers.

17. (1) The Director may, in his discretion and on payment of the
prescribed fee, grant to the master of any local vessel licensed in Class
II or V a monthly permit in the form prescribed in the Fifth Schedule,
allowing him to trade between any ports or places in Hong Kong
without a clearance.

(2) Every master to whom such a monthly permit has been granted
shall furnish to the Director particulars of all trips and of all passengers
and cargo carried in the vessel during the currency of the permit.

18. (1) The master of any sailing vessel, notwithstanding that his
vessel is licensed to carry a greater number of passengers, shall not,
without the written permission of the Director, carry in that vessel more
than 12 passengers to or from any place in Hong Kong from or to any
place lying to the eastward of a line drawn from the southern boundary
of the waters of Hong Kong due north to Tailong Head, thence to
Tathong Point, thence to Collinson Head (on Bluff Island), thence to
Bate Head, and thence to Mirs Point.

(2) Any master who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to an
additional fine of $200 in respect of every passenger carried in excess
of 12.

PART IV

DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY MEASURES

19. (1) No vessel shall leave any port or anchorage unless-

(a)the master of such vessel has obtained a clearance or permit
under regulation 16; and

(b) the licence of such vessel is kept on board.

(2) Any vessel which leaves without a clearance or permit owing to
stress of weather shall return to its former anchorage or place in port as
soon as weather conditions make such return safe and practicable.

(3) No vessel shall leave or attempt to leave any port or anchorage
in Hong Kong at any time from sunset till sunrise without the written
permission of the Director.

(4) Without prejudice to any prosecution which may be brought
under this or any other regulations, it shall be lawful for any marine or
police officer to take all necessary measures to prevent any
contravention or attempted contravention of this regulation by any
vessel.





20. (1) The maximum number of persons to be carried in any vessel
licensed to carry passengers within the waters of Hong Kong shall be

(a)in Class 1 vessels, one passenger for every 15 piculs in
capacity, with an additional crew allowance of 4 persons;

(b) in vessels of other classes-

(i) when the capacity of the vessel does not exceed 150
piculs, one passenger for every 50 piculs, with an additional
crew allowance of 4 persons;

(ii) when the capacity of the vessel exceeds 150 piculs but
does not exceed 1,000 piculs, one passenger for every 50
piculs with an additional crew allowance of 8 persons;

(iii) when the capacity of the vessel exceeds 1,000 piculs,
one passenger for every 50 piculs with an additional crew
allowance of 15 persons.

(2) Where any of the passenger accommodation of any vessel
licensed to carry passengers is occupied by cargo or passengers'
baggage, the number of persons which may be carried shall be reduced
by one for every 9 square feet of space so occupied:

Provided that the maximum number of persons who may be carried
on any voyage shall be at the absolute discretion of the Director.

21. (1) A vessel fitted with engines of the compressionignition type
may, in the absolute discretion of the Director, be licensed to carry
passengers.

(2) No passengers shall be carried on any vessel fitted with
propelling machinery of any type other than the compressionignition
type.

22. All vessels of more than 300 piculs in capacity, licensed to carry
passengers, shall have on board life saving appliances according to the
following scale

Capacity of Vessel No. of Lifebuoys No. of Life-jackets
requiredrequired
300- 500 piculs not less than 2 not less than 1 for every

person carried
500-1,000 3 -do-
1,000-2,000 4 do
2,000-3,000 5 -do-
over 3,000 6 -do-

Every other vessel shall carry the life-saving appliances prescribed by
the conditions of its licence.

23. The master of every vessel having a licence or permit for the
conveyance of passengers shall cause such vessel to be kept in a
proper state of cleanliness and repair and its equipment and





appliances to be maintained in good order and kept in readiness for
immediate use.

24. (1) Every mechanically propelled vessel shall-

(a)carry or show the lights prescribed for a vessel of its tonnage
by the International Collision Regulations, and

(b)have an efficient mechanical means of making sound signals.
This shall not consist of a device blown by mouth.

(2) Every vessel propelled by oars, when under way or at anchor
or alongside any wharf in the waters of the Colony shall, from sunset to
sunrise, exhibit at a height of not less than 3 feet above the gunwale, a
white light visible all round the horizon.

(3) Every vessel holding or required to hold a licence or a permit
issued under these regulations when being towed shall, from sunset to
sunrise, exhibit the lights prescribed by the International Collision
Regulations.

(4) Every vessel, holding or required to hold a licence or permit
issued under these regulations which is not mechanically propelled nor
propelled by oars nor towed, when under way shall carry the lights
prescribed by section 69(1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance.

(5) All lights required by paragraph (2) to be carried or shown shall
be of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear
atmosphere at a distance of at least one mile.

(6) The lanterns containing the lights referred to in this regulation
shall be of a construction approved by the Director.

(7) If a vessel fails to comply with any provision of this regulation,
the master of the vessel shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine of $1,000.

25. [Revoked, L.N. 33/70.

26. (1) The licensee of a vessel shall immediately report to the
Director any change of master or engineer.

(2) Every master or engineer of a mechanically propelled
vessel shall on engagement produce his certificate of competency
to the Director for registration and pay the prescribed fee for the
registration.

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

27. [Revoked, L.N. 273/83.]





28. (1) No vessel which is not properly manned and adequately
equipped shall be under way within the waters of Hong Kong.

(2) No vessel shall be loaded in such a manner as to render her
unseaworthy.

29. (1) No vessel shall be used for the purposes of prostitution, for
the conveyance of women for the purpose of prostitution or any other
immoral purpose.

(2) No vessel shall be used for gambling or any other unlawful
purpose.

30. [Revoked, L.N. 273183.1

31. No vessel shall attempt to go alongside of, or loiter within 100
feet of any ship, including a ship of war, in opposition to the wishes of
the master of that ship.

32. [Revoked, L.N. 273183.1

33. If any vessel having a false bottom or secret compartment is
used within the waters of Hong Kong, the owner, agent (if any) and
master shall, unless, in each case, he proves that he did not know and
had no reason to believe that the false bottom or compartment existed,
each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a
fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

34. (1) No master, owner or agent of any vessel shall receive or
have on board thereof, and no person shall place on board any vessel
any dangerous goods unless a dangerous goods certificate in the forms
given in the Eighth Schedule or the Ninth Schedule whichever is
appropriate and valid for that type and quantity of dangerous goods
has been issued in respect of the vessel concerned by the Director.

(2) The master of any vessel shall not use that vessel for the
towage of dangerous goods.

(3) Any master, owner or agent who contravenes this regulation
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
$10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) Where any person referred to in paragraph (3) is convicted of
an offence against that paragraph, the court may, in addition to any
other penalty that it may impose, order that any dangerous goods
involved in the commission of the offence be forfeited to the Crown.

35. (1) No person on any vessel shall, without the written
permission of the Director use drags, grapplings or other devices, within
the waters of Hong Kong, for the purpose of lifting articles or





things from the bed thereof other than fish or shellfish.
Notwithstanding any other penalty which may be imposed, any articles
lifted from the sea bed in contravention of this regulation shall be liable
to confiscation.

(2) No person on any vessel shall use drags, grapplings, or other
devices for any purpose whatsoever or catch or attempt to catch fish
within any cable reserve.

36. The master of every vessel when lying alongside any ship or
landing place, or at anchor within the waters of Hong Kong, shall keep
the 'yulo' out of water and rigged in so as not to project outboard.

37. The master of any vessel for which a licence or permit has been
issued under these regulations, shall not use his vessel or allow his
vessel to be used for towing another vessel unless such towing is
undertaken in order to save the other vessel or her crew from danger.

38. [Revoked, L.N. 273183.1

PART V

PROVISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL
CLASSES OF VESSELS

Class I Vessels

39. No Class 1 vessel shall embark or disembark passengers at any
point outside the area or areas specified in the conditions of the licence
for such vessel.

40-41. [Revoked, L.N. 273183.1

42. (1) No master of a Class 1 vessel shall, without reasonable
cause, refuse to carry any passenger to any point within the area or
areas specified in the conditions of the licence for such vessel.

(2) The master of a Class I vessel shall promptly proceed to a
wharf if ordered to do so by any

(a) police officer;

(b)officer of the Customs and Excise Service established under
the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance; or

(c) officer of the Marine Department.

Class II Vessels

43. No Class 11 vessel shall leave the waters of Hong Kong
without a special permit in the form prescribed by the Sixth Schedule
and upon payment of the prescribed fee.





44. No licensee of a cargo boat shall refuse to let his boat, except
for some reasonable cause.

45. Lighters and cargo boats will be allowed to carry as passengers
only such persons as may be in charge of goods or baggage for the
conveyance of which the boat is hired or used, or who may be required
or may have been required to assist in loading or unloading, but such
persons shall not exceed the number stated in the licence.

45A. (1) Every dumb lighter operating in the waters of Hong Kong
shall be assigned a freeboard and shall be marked in accordance with

(a) such load line rules as may be in force in Hong Kong; or

(b) the provisions of the Eleventh Schedule.

(2) Any person who obliterates, alters or submerges any marking
made on a dumb lighter in. accordance with paragraph (1) shall be guilty
of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000.

45B. (1) In the case of a dumb lighter marked in accordance with
regulation 45A(a) the freeboard may be assigned to it and a load line
certificate issued in respect of it by an assigning authority authorized
by the Hong Kong Government to issue load line certificates in respect
of ships registered in Hong Kong.

(2) In the case of a dumb lighter marked in accordance with
regulation 45A(b)

(a) the Director shall cause the dumb lighter to be inspected by
an officer of the Marine Department or, at his discretion, by a
surveyor authorized by him,. and

(b)if, on receipt of the report of such officer or surveyor
authorized by the Director in respect of its principal
dimensions, heights of coamings, closing appliances,
scantlings and general hull structure, the Director is satisfied
that the dumb lighter is fit for its intended purpose, he may
assign a freeboard to the dumb lighter and issue an
assignment of freeboard certificate in respect of it in the form
set out in the Twelfth Schedule.

(3) Subject to regulation 45C(4), an assignment of freeboard
certificate issued in respect of a dumb lighter pursuant to paragraph (2)
shall be valid for a period not exceeding 4 years from the date on which
it was issued.

45C. (1) Every dumb lighter operating in the waters of Hong Kong
shall be periodically inspected by an officer of the Marine Department
or, at the discretion of the Director, by a surveyor authorized by him.





(2) A periodical inspection required under paragraph (1) shall be
carried out within 3 months before or after each anniversary of the date
of completion of the survey leading to the issue of the assignment of
freeboard certificate in respect of the dumb lighter, provided that the
intervals between inspections shall be not less than 9 months and not
more than 15 months.

(3) If, on receipt of the report of such officer or surveyor
authorized by the Director in respect of the principal dimensions,
heights of coamings, closing appliances, scantlings and general hull
structure of a dumb lighter, the Director is satisfied that a dumb lighter
is fit for its intended purpose he may cause the assignment of freeboard
certificate issued in respect of the dumb lighter to be endorsed
accordingly.

(4) If, on receipt of such a report, the Director is satisfied that a
dumb lighter is not fit for its intended purpose or that changes have
been made or taken place in the hull or super-structures of the lighter
such as to render no longer accurate the data on the basis of which
freeboards were assigned to the lighter, he may cause the assignment
of freeboard certificate issued in respect of the dumb lighter to be
suspended or cancelled.

(5) No assignment of freeboard certificate shall be valid unless it is
endorsed in accordance with paragraph (3).

45D. (1) Every application for

(a)the initial issue of a load line certificate by the Hong Kong
Government; or

(b) the initial issue of an assignment of freeboard certificate,

shall be made in writing to the Director and shall contain full particulars
and plans of the principal dimensions, heights of coamings, closing
appliances, scantlings and general hull structure of the dumb lighter.

(2) Every such application shall state the purpose for which the
dumb lighter is intended to be used or operated.

45E. Any person who uses or operates, or permits to be used or
operated, in the waters of Hong Kong any dumb lighter in respect of
which a valid load line certificate or assignment of freeboard certificate
is not in force pursuant to these regulations shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of SI 0,000.

45F. (1) Every application for the issue of a licence in respect of a
dumb lighter under regulation 3 shall be accompanied by a valid load
line certificate or assignment of freeboard certificate.

(2) Every licence issued by the Director under regulation 3 in
respect of a dumb lighter shall be endorsed with particulars of the load
line certificate or assignment of freeboard certificate issued in respect
of the dumb lighter.





45G. (1) Notwithstanding the classification of Class 11 vessels in
regulation 2, the Director may endorse on any licence issued under
regulation 3 in respect of a dumb lighter a condition that the vessel may
be used and operated only in such area of the waters of Hong Kong as
is specified in the licence.

(2) Any person who uses and operates, or permits to be used and
operated, any dumb lighter in any area of the waters of Hong Kong
other than the area specified in the conditions of the licence issued in
respect of the vessel shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of 510,000.

46. (1) When applying for a licence for a water boat, the applicant
shall produce to the Director a certificate from the Assistant Director of
Marine (Ship Surveys) certifying that the hull, tanks, piping and all
other fittings are in good condition. No licence shall be issued to any
water boat unless that boat is constructed of steel.

(2) Except with the written permission of the Director of Medical and
Health Services no water shall be taken into any water boat from any
source other than the Government Waterworks at Aberdeen, Lai Chi Kok,
Shau Kei Wan or the Tailoo Sugar Refinery at Quarry Bay. Such
permission will be given only for limited periods in the discretion of the
Director of Medical and Health Services

Class III, Class IV and Class V Vessels

47. The Director may, on occasion, permit persons other than the
crew to be on board vessels of Classes Ill, IV and V provided that the
number of persons so permitted shall not exceed the number which
would be allowed if the vessel were licensed to carry passengers and
measured in accordance with regulation 20.

Class VI Vessels

47A. On no occasion, except in the case of shipwreck, fire,or other
emergency, shall passengers be carried in Class VI vessels.

Class VIII Vessels

47B. For the purposes of regulations 47C to 47L, 'construction in
relation to a Class VIII vessel includes the conversion of any vessel to a
Class VIII vessel.

.47C. (1) No person shall commence or carry out the construction
of a Class VIII vessel without having first obtained the permission, in
writing, of the Director.





(2) The Director shall not permit the construction of a Class VIII
vessel unless he has, in writing, approved

(a) the site at which the vessel will operate; and

(b)the plans and specifications for the construction of the
vessel.

(3) An application for approval of the site at which a Class VIII
vessel will operate shall be submitted to the Director in accordance with
Form 1 in the Fourteenth Schedule and shall be accompanied by

(a)5 copies of plans showing the proposed site and the
proposed facilities, including any facilities on land for the
embarkation of persons on and the disembarkation of persons
from the vessel; and

(b) the prescribed fee (if any).

(4) An application for approval of the plans and specifications for
construction of a Class VIII vessel shall be submitted to the Director in
accordance with Form 2 in the Fourteenth Schedule and shall be
accompanied by

(a)5 copies of such plans and specifications including such
other particulars as are required by the Director; and

(b) the prescribed fee (if any).

(5) No application shall be submitted under paragraph (4) in
respect of any Class VIII vessel unless

(a)the site at which the vessel will operate has been approved;
or

(b) the Director so requests.

(6 The Director may return any application made under this
regulation if, in his opinion, the application

(a) does not comply with this regulation; or

(b) is otherwise deficient or incomplete,

and may request further plans, specifications or particulars on any
matter.

(7) The Director may refuse to give his approval in respect of any
application made under this regulation where under paragraph (6)-

(a) the application has been returned to the applicant; or

(b)any further plans, specifications or particulars delivered to
the Director are not to his satisfaction.

(8) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.





47D. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of these
regulations, the Director may refuse to give his approval in respect of
any application under regulation 47C if, in his opinion

(a)having regard to proper standards of health, safety or
navigation, the proposed site is unsuitable;

(b)the proposed facilities (including any facilities on land for the
embarkation of persons on or the disembarkation of persons
from the vessel) are inadequate;

(e)having regard to the purposes for which it will be used, the
vessel will be unseaworthy;

(d)the vessel will be otherwise unfit or unsuited for use as a
Class VIII vessel; or

(e) there is other reasonable cause.

(2) Where the Director has refused to give his approval in respect
of any application under regulation 47C, he shall forthwith notify the
applicant, in writing, of his refusal and of the reasons therefor.

47E. (1) Any permission or approval given under regulation 47C
shall be subject to such conditions as the Director may. in writing,
impose.

(2) Any condition imposed by the Director under paragraph (1)
may be altered from time to time by the Director by notice in writing to
the applicant.

(3) No permission or approval given under regulation 47C shall be
deemed

(a)to confer any title to land or any right to occupy any
anchorage or mooring, or any part of the sea or sea-bed;

(b)to grant any exemption from or to permit any contravention of
any of the provisions of the Ordinance, these regulations or
any other enactment; or

(c)to confer a right to any licence under the Ordinance, these
regulations or any other enactment.

47F. Without prejudice to any other provision of these regulations,
the Director shall not issue a licence in respect of any Class VIII vessel
upon application for the first licensing thereof unless

(a)the site at which the vessel will operate has been approved
under regulation 47C;

(b)the vessel complies with the plans and specifications
approved under regulation 47C; and





(c)the requirements of any condition to which any permission or
approval given under regulation 47C was subject, have been
satisfied.

47G. (1) No Class VIII vessel shall, except with the permission of
the Director, enter,'or be brought into, the waters of Hong Kong.

(2) If without reasonable excuse paragraph (1) is contravened the
owner and the person for the time being in charge of the vessel commit
an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of 10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months.

47H. (1) The Director shall, before issuing or renewing a licence in
respect of any Class VIII vessel, cause the vessel to be inspected by a
Government surveyor or inspector.

(2) If upon any inspection required under paragraph (1) the
surveyor or inspector is satisfied that the vessel is

(a) seaworthy; and

(b)fit in all other respects for its intended purpose as a Class VIII
vessel,

he shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certificate of
inspection accordingly, in the form prescribed in the Fifteenth
Schedule.

(3) If upon any inspection required under paragraph (1) the
surveyor or inspector is not satisfied as to any of the matters set out in
paragraph (2) he shall

(a)notify, in writing, the owner of the vessel of his requirements
to enable a certificate of inspection to be issued; and

(b)withhold the issue of a certificate of inspection until such
requirements are satisfied.

(4) The Director shall not issue or renew a licence in respect of any
Class VIII vessel except on production of a valid certificate of
inspection in respect thereof.

471. (1) Except with the written permission of the Director, no
material addition, modification or alteration to any Class VIII vessel
shall be made after the issue or renewal of a licence in respect of such
vessel.

(2) If paragraph (1) is contravened the owner and the person for
the time being in charge of the vessefcommit an offence and each of
them is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

47J (1) The Director may, where it appears to him that any Class
VIII vessel





(a)is being used or operated without a Class VIII licence under
these regulations; or

(b)in respect of which there is a Class VIII licence, is being used
or operated in contravention of

(i) any suspension thereof,
(ii) any of the conditions thereof; or

(iii) any provision of the Ordinance, these regulations, or
any other enactment,

make an order closing such vessel either wholly or in part, or
prohibiting the use thereof for all or any purposes.

(2) An order made under paragraph (1) shall remain in force in
respect of such vessel

(a)where the order was made pursuant to paragraph (1)(a), until a
Class VIII licence is issued in respect of the vessel;

(b)where the order was made pursuant to paragraph (1)(b), until
such time as the Director is satisfied that the ground on which
the order was made has ceased to exist and cancels the order;
or

(e)until such time as the Director is satisfied that the vessel will
not be used as a Class VIII vessel and cancels the order.

(3) Any person who contravenes an order made under paragraph
(1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months.

47K. (1) For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of

(a) the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance relating
to food; and

(b)any regulations made under that Ordinance regulating a food
business, other than regulations relating to fire safety
requirements,

shall apply to a Class VIII vessel.

(2) The Director shall, upon receipt of plans and specifications for
the construction of a Class VIII vessel under regulation 47C

(a)consult with the appropriate authority for the licensing of the
vessel as a restaurant under the Food Business By-laws or the
Food Business (New Territories) Regulations, as the case may
be, with a view to ensuring that the plans and specifications in
so far as they relate to the proposed restaurant conform to the
standards and specifications required by the authority for the
approval of restaurant plans under by-law 33 of the Food
Business By-laws or regulation 32 of the Food Business (New
Territories) Regulations, as the case may be; and





(b)where the appropriate authority is satisfied that the plans and
specifications so conform, cause the plans and specifications,
if approved by the Director under regulation 47C, to be
endorsed by the appropriate authority and by him to that
effect,

but no endorsement under this paragraph shall derogate from or affect
any power, duty or discretion conferred or imposed on the appropriate
authority by the Food Business By-laws or the Food Business (New
Territories) Regulations, as the case may be.

47L. (1) The Director shall specify as a condition of every licence
in respect of a Class VIII vessel the maximum number of persons,
excluding persons employed on board, that may be accommodated at
any one time on the vessel.

(2) If the condition referred to in paragraph (1) is contravened, the
licensee and the person for the time being in charge of the Class VIII
vessel commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of $5,000.

PART VA

LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF
COMPETENCY

48A. (1) No vessel equipped with mechanical means of propulsion
shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless there is on
board

(a)a person in charge thereof who is the holder of an appropriate
and valid local certificate of competency as master; and

(b)in addition to such person, a person in charge of the
machinery who is the holder of an appropriate and valid local
certificate of competency as engineer:

Provided that where a Government surveyor, having regard to the
size and speed of the vessel, the power of the machinery and the
location of the controls, certifies that such vessel can be properly
controlled by one person it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this
regulation if the person in charge of the vessel is the holder of both a
valid local certificate of competency as master and a valid local
certificate of competency as engineer.

(2) Any person while in charge of a vessel and any person while in
charge of the machinery thereof shall carry with him in the vessel his
local certificate of competency.

(3) If any provision of this regulation is contravened, the owner of
the vessel in question, whether he was on board the vessel at the time
of the contravention or not, and the person having charge of the vessel
at such time shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $10,000.





48B. (1) The Director may issue local certificates of competency as
master or engineer in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) Every application for a local certificate of competency as master
or engineer shall be made on a form to be obtained from the Marine
Department and shall be accompanied by

(a)3 identical photographs of passport size of the applicant; and

(b) the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not
be issued

(a)in relation to a fishing vessel, to a person who is under 18
years of age; or

(b)in relation to any other vessel, to a person who is under 21
years of age.

(4) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not
be issued to any person in relation to a vessel, other than a fishing
vessel, unless that person has served in the manner provided by
paragraph (5) on a vessel equipped with mechanical means of
propulsion for not less than 3 years.

(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4) an applicant for examination
for a local certificate of competency

(a) as a master, shall have served as a deck hand; and

(b)as an engineer, shall have served in such capacity in relation
to the machinery as the Director considers likely to provide
adequate practical mechanical experience.

(6) Before issuing a local certificate of competency as master or
engineer the Director may require the applicant therefor to satisfy him
by examination in such other manner, and in such other subjects or
matters, as the Director may determine, as to his competency to be a
master or engineer, as the case may be.

(7) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall be
issued in the appropriate form prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule:

Provided that the Director may modify the form of any local
certificate of competency issued in relation to a fishing vessel in such
manner as he may consider appropriate.

48C. (1) If the Director is satisfied that a local certificate of
competency issued under regulation 48B has been lost, destroyed or
defaced he may, upon payment of the appropriate prescribed fee (if
any), issue a duplicate certificate.
(2) Any duplicate certificate issued under paragraph (1)
shall be clearly endorsed in a conspicuous place with the word
'Duplicate'.

48D. (1) The Director shall cause to be maintained a register
of masters and engineers of vessels showing-

(a) the date of all engagements and discharges of masters and
engineers;

(b) the names of vessels in or from which they were engaged or
discharged;

(c) particulars of any complaint or charge laid against any
master or engineer; and

(d) the results of the investigation of any such complaint or
charge.

(2) The register shall be open to inspection by the owner of
any vessel and any master or engineer, or the representative of any
such person upon application to the Director.

48E. (1) Wherever the mater or engineer of any vessel is
engaged or dhischarged, he shall, not later than 48 hours after such
engagement or discharge, produce his local certificate of competency
for inspection by the appropriate officer of the Marine Department.
or at the nearest office or station of the Marine Department and
shall -

(a) give to such officer or the appropriate officer at such officer
or station of the Marine Department all such particulars
relating to his engagement or discharge as may be required
for the purpose of registering the same under regulation
48D; and

(b) pay the appropriate prescribed fee (if any).

(2) Any master or engineer who fails to comply with any
provision of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000.

48F. (1) Not later than 48 hours after the master or the
engineer of any vessel is engaged or discharged, the owner of the
vessel shall register the engagement or discharge with the Director,
on a form to be obtained from the Marine Department, and shall
pay the prescribed fee (if any) for the registration thereof under
regulation 48D.

(2) The owner of any vessel who contravenes this regulation
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
of $2,000.





PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

49. In the event of the contravention of any provision of
regulations 4, 7, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39 to 45
both inclusive, 46(2) and 47A, the master of the vessel in respect of
which the contravention occurs commits an offence and is liable to a
fine of $5,000.

50. (1) Any Class IA or Class 1B licence issued or renewed under
these regulations and in force immediately prior to the commencement of
the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 1983 (hereinafter called the 'amending regulations') in
respect of any vessel shall, unless earlier suspended or cancelled,
continue in force until the date of expiry, and for the purposes of these
regulations as amended by the amending regulations

(a) any such licence shall be deemed to be a Class 1 licence; and

(b) any such vessel shall be deemed to be a Class I vessel.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in the amending regulations, a Class
VIII vessel which was, immediately prior to the commencement of the
amending regulations, licensed as a Class III vessel, Shall

(a)if a vessel specified in the Table hereto, be deemed for all
purposes to be a Class VIII vessel, and the licence in respect
thereof shall be deemed to be a Class VIII licence; or

(b)if a vessel other than a vessel specified in the Table hereto, be
deemed for all purposes to be a Class III vessel until such time
as the licence in respect thereof expires or is cancelled,
whichever is the earlier.

TABLE

Name of Vessel Licence No. Owner Site
Yuen Lee Tai 30051 ASea Palace Ltd. Shum Wan,
Aberdeen
Tai Pak Fong 30055 ATai Pak Seafood Shum Wan,
Restaurant Ltd. Aberdeen
Jumbo 30210 A Aberdeen Restaurant Shum Wan,
Enterprises Ltd. Aberdeen
shatin Floating 30001 TShatin Floating Shatin
Restaurant Restaurant Ltd.





FIRST SCHEDULE [reg. 3.1

FORM OF LICENCES

FORM 1

(Front Cover)

AuditNo . .................................

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

MARINE DEPARTMENT

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

LICENCE

FOR

CLASS ............................VESSEL.

NAME OF VESSEL
................................................................................................

LICENCE NO . .........................................................................................................

ISSUING STATION
................................................................................................

(Inside Front Cover)

CONDITIONS

1 This licence shall be kept on board unless required to be deposited at the Marine
Department or Marine Stations pursuant to the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance and
regulations made thereunder.

2. This licence shall be produced on demand by any Marine, Police or Revenue Officer.

3. If this licence is lost, damaged or destroyed a fee of $15 will be charged for a duplicate.

4. This licence is subject to the provisions of the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance and
the regulations made thereunder.

5. This vessel shall not engage in unlawful trade or carry illegal merchandise.

6. Any change of master or owner should promptly be reported to the Marine Department.

7. This licence is NOT the equivalent of registration as a British vessel under the Merchant
Shipping Acts.

8. This vessel is not permitted to tow.

9. This vessel shall not be loaded so as to submerge the permitted freeboard line.

10. This vessel may be used and operated only within the following area(s) of the waters of
Hong Kong

.......... 1

......................







for Director of Marine.





.................(Page 2)
Licence No . ....Licence issued on

Name of Vessel
...........................................................................................................
Name of Owner
..........................................................................................................
Address of Owner
.......................................................................................................
Name of Master
.........................................................................................................
Agents and/or Owner's Representative in Hong Kong ..............................................

...............

Length ......ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement tons
Breadth .....ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement x 17 piculs
Depth .ft . .ins . ..................Gross/Net
Registered tons.

CREW:-Adults ............................................
Children under 16
...........................

Total number of persons allowed to be carried
(including crew) .............................................

LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES:

Sampan ..........................................................
Lifebuoy ........................................................
Life-jackets
....................................................

Armament:

........................

11
.................................................................................................................................
.

(Page 3)
FREEBOARD PERMITTED
The freeboard permitted to this vessel is ........

............... inches.

(Page 4)
MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSELS

Machinery
Type of Engines ...
.......................................................................................................
No. of Engines
............................................................................................................
Makers Engine No .
....................................................................................................
No. of propellers
........................................................................................................

Fuel
Type of Fuel
...............................................................................................................
Grade of Fuel






.............................................................................................................
Fuel Tank Capacity
....................................................................................................

Fire Appliances
Type of Fire Extinguishers
.........................................................................................

.....................................

Number of Fire Extinguishers ....................................................................................





Life Saving Appliances

Type of life saving appliances
........................................................................

Number of each type
..................................................................................................

.....................................

Number of passengers allowed ...................................................................................

(Pages 5 to 9)
LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
OF MASTER OR ENGINEER

......... 1

Master or Engineer.

PHOTOGRAPH

Cert No . .....................................................................

Ref. No . ..............................

Date .............................................................................

(Pages 10 and 11)
CHANGES OF OWNER OR MASTER AND OTHER LEADING
EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE VESSEL

(Pages 12 to 32 or Supplement)
LIST OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF VESSEL

Name of Station ...Date arrived ..19

From ..............Cargo
Light Dues Rec. No . Passengers

To ................Dated departed 19
Cargo
Passengers

...........

for Director of Marine.

Date .........................................................





(Pages 33 to 35)
RENEWALS OF LICENCE

Renewed for one year expiring on
..............................................................................

Audit Receipt No .
......................................................................................................

................ 1

for Director of Marine.

Date ................19

(Page 36)
ENDORSEMENT

(Inside Back Cover)
LICENCE RECEIPT IS TO BE ATTACHED HERE

FORM 2

(Front Cover)

A Audit No . .................................

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

MARINE DEPARTMENT

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

LICENCE

To ply anywhere within the waters of Hong Kong
except solely within the Harbour of Victoria.

FOR

CLASS V ..........................VESSEL.

NAME OF VESSEL ................................................................................................

LICENCE NO . .........................................................................................................

ISSUINGSTATION ................................................................................................





(Inside Front Cover)

CONDITIONS

1 This licence shall be kept on board unless required to be deposited at the
Marine Department or Marine Stations pursuant to the Shipping and Port Control
Ordinance and regulations made thereunder.

2. This licence shall be produced on demand by any Marine, Police or
Revenue Officer.

3. If this licence is lost, damaged or destroyed a fee of 515 will be charged for
a duplicate.

4. This vessel shall not on any occasion trade solely within the harbour limits
of the Port of Victoria.

5. This vessel shall not engage in unlawful trade or carry illegal merchandise.

6. This licence is subject to the provisions of the Shipping and Port Control
Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder.

7. Any change of master or owner should be promptly reported to the Marine
Department.

8. This licence is NOT the equivalent of registration as a British vessel under
the Merchant Shipping Acts.

9. This vessel is not permitted to tow.

.......................

................for Director of Marine.
................(Page 2)
Licence No . ...Licence issued on

Name of Vessel
...........................................................................................................
Name of Owner
..........................................................................................................
Address of Owner
.......................................................................................................
Name of Master
.........................................................................................................

Agents andlor Owner's Representative in Hong Kong ......................................

Length ......ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement tons
Breadth .....ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement x 17 piculs

Depth .......ft . .......ins ............................ Gross/Net Registered tons.

CREW:-Adults ............................................
Children under 16 ...........................
Total number of persons allowed to be carried
(including crew) .............................................

LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES: Sampan
.......................................................... Lifebuoy
........................................................ Life-jackets
.................................................... Armament:

(Page 3)





(Page 4)
MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSELS

Machinery

Type of Engines .. . ...*** . ...........
No. of Engines ................

Makers Engine No . ....................................................................................................

No. of propellers
........................................................................................................

Fuel
Type of Fuel
...............................................................................................................
Grade of Fuel .............................................................................................................
Fuel Tank Capacity
....................................................................................................

Fire Appliances
Type of Fire Extinguishers
.........................................................................................

........................1
..............................................

Number of Fire Extinguishers ....................................................................................

Life Saving Appliances
Type of life saving appliances
.....................................................................................

Number of each type
..................................................................................................

Number of passengers allowed ............

(Pages 5 to 9)
LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
OF MASTER OR ENGINEER

................

Master or Engineer.

PHOTOGRAPH

Cert No . .....................................................................

Ref. No . .......................................................................

Date .............1

(Pages 10 to 12)

CHANGES OF OWNER OR MASTER AND OTHER LEADING
EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE VESSEL





(Pages 13 and 14)
ALTERATIONS IN ARMAMENT

(Date and authority to be inserted on each occasion)

.....................................
......................................1
.....................................

(Pages 15 to 60 and Supplement)
LIST OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF VESSELS

Name of Station ...Date arrived ..19

From ..............Cargo

Light Dues Rec. No . ...............Passengers
To ................Date departed ...19
Cargo
Passengers

........

for Director of Marine

Date

(Pages 61 to 63)
RENEWALS OF LICENCE

Renewed for one year expiring on
..................................................................

Audit Receipt No .
.......................................................................................................

........ ....

for Director of Marine.

Date ................19

(Page 64)
ENDORSEMENT

(Inside Back Cover)
LICENCE RECEIPT IS TO BE ATTACHED HERE





FORM 3

(Front Cover)

Audit . .................................

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

MARINE DEPARTMENT

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

LICENCE

To ply anywhere within the waters of Hong Kong

FOR

CLASS VI .........................VESSEL.

NAME OF VESSEL ................................................................................................

LICENCE NO . .........................................................................................................

ISSUING STATION ................................................................................................

(Inside Front Cover)

CONDITIONS

1. This licence shall be kept on board unless required to be deposited at the Marine Department
or Marine Stations pursuant to the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance and regulations made
thereunder.

2. Except with the written permission of the Director of Marine this vessel shall not engage in
any other trade than fishing or the delivery of necessaries to Class VI vessels.

3. If this licence is lost, damaged or destroyed a fee of S15 will be charged for a duplicate.

4. This licence is subject to the provisions of the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance and the
regulations made thereunder.

5. This vessel shall not engage in unlawful trade or carry illegal merchandise.

6. Any change of master or owner should be promptly reported to the Marine Department.

7. This licence is NOT the equivalent of registration as a British vessel under the Merchant
Shipping Acts.

8. This vessel is not permitted to tow.

..................

.for Director of Marine.

................(Page 2)
Licence No . ...Licence issued on

Name of Vessel ...........................................................................................................
Name of Owner ..........................................................................................................
Address of Owner .......................................................................................................











Agents and/or Owner's Representative in Hong Kong ..............................................

............ 1

Length ......ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement tons
Breadth .....ft . ...................ins. Thames Measurement x 17 piculs
Depth .ft . .ins . ..................Gross/Net
Registered tons.

CREW:-Adults ............................................
Children under 16 ...........................

Total number of persons allowed to be carried

(including crew) .............................................

LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES:

Sampan ..........................................................
Lifebuoy ........................................................
Life-jackets ..............................................

Armament:

(page 3)

(Page 4)
MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSELS

Machinery.

Type of Engines ..........................................................................................................
No. of Engines ............................................................................................................

Makers Engine No . ....................................................................................................

No. of propellers ........................................................................................................

Fuel

Type of Fuel ...............................................................................................................
Grade of Fuel .............................................................................................................
Fuel Tank Capacity ....................................................................................................

Fire Appliances

Type of Fire Extinguishers .........................................................................................

.....................................

Number of Fire Extinguishers

Life Saving Appliances

Type of life saving appliances .....................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................
.
Number of each type ..................................................................................................

.....................................

Numberof passengersallowed...................................................................................





(Pages 5 to 9)

LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
OF MASTER OR ENGINEER

.......................

Master or Engineer.

PHOTOGRAPH

Cert. No . ..................

Ref. No .
.......................................................................

Date .............................................................................

(Pages 10 to 12)

CHANGES OF OWNER OR MASTER AND OTHER LEADING
EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE VESSEL

(Page 13)

ALTERATIONS IN ARMAMENT

(Date and authority to be inserted on each occasion)

(Pages 14 to 31)
LIGHT DUE RECEIPT ENTRIES

Name of Station
.........................................................................................................
Date
............................................................................................................................

Initials .........................................................................

Light Due Receipt No .
...............................................................................................

(Pages 32 to 33)
RENEWALS OF LICENCE

Renewed for one year expiring on
..............................................................................
Audit Receipt No .
......................................................................................................

........................

for Director of Marine.

Date.................................................................................. 19





(Page 34)
ENDORSEMENT

(Inside Back Cover)
LICENCE RECEIPT IS TO BE ATTACHED HERE

FORM 4

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

LICENCE FOR CLASS VIII VESSEL
(Floating Restaurant)

Name of Vessel
...........................................................................................................

Licence No. ............................. Length Breadth

............ Thames Measurement tons.
Thames Measurement x 17 ......... piculs.

................................1 Net
Registered tons.

Name of Licensee
....................................................

Permitted Location
.....................................................................................................
Date of Expiry (unless suspended or cancelled)
..........................................................
This licence is issued subject to the provisions of the Shipping and Port Control
Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder and subject to the conditions
hereon.

LOCAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
OF ENGINEER

En g Engineer
Engineer

PHOTOGRAPH

Cert.No . .....................................................................

Ref. No .

Date .............................................................................





CONDITIONS

1 The vessel is permitted to accommodate a maximum number of
.................

persons, excluding up to persons employed on board, at any one time.

2. This licence shall be kept on board by the person in charge.

3. This licence shall be produced on demand by any officer of the Customs and
Excise Service or Marine Department, or any police officer.

4. The vessel's Certificate of Inspection shall be displayed in a conspicuous

position at the main entrance to the vessel.
5. The vessel shall not be so loaded that the freeboard is less than mm.

6. The vessel shall carry the following life saving appliances
...........................

7. The vessel shall carry the following fire detection and extinction appli-

ances
.........................................................
......

8. Persons employed on board the vessel shall be exercised in fire-fighting and
emergency disembarkation drills at intervals of not more than 30 days. The date
on which drills are carried out shall be recorded in a log book kept by the person in
charge.

9. At all times sufficient employees are to be kept on board and on duty to
carry out fire-fighting and emergency disembarkation duties.

10. When in use the machinery shall be in the charge of a person who is the
holder of an appropriate and valid local certificate of competency as engineer.

11. The vessel shall not change location without the written permission of the
Director of Marine.

12. [other conditions].

Date

..........

for Director of Marine

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Deleted, L.N. 86,651

THIRD SCHEDULE [reg. 3.1

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

Audit No . ............................

SPECIAL ANCHORAGE PERMIT FOR AN UNLICENSED VESSEL
TO REMAIN IN THE WATERS OF HONG KONG FOR
A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING SEVEN DAYS






FROM DATE OF ARRIVAL

Name of Vessel ..Tonnage
Name of Master ..No. of Crew .
Name of Address of Owner
.........................................................................

........................

Name of Address of Agent
........................................................................................





Type of Vessel .Type of Engine
From ...........Via
Cargo ..........tons. No. of Passengers

Light Dues Receipt No .
..............................................................................................

Date of Arrival
.................................................................................................
..........

This permit must be produced at the Marine Department at the time of
reporting clearance.

Vessel is not permitted to load cargo or embark passengers in the waters of
Hong Kong.

Fee 5
......................................

Shroff's signature.

...............

Date.

. ............................... 1

for Director of Marine

MARINE
DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG.

FOURTH SCHEDULE [reg. 16.]

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS

DAY CLEARANCE FOR UNLICENSED VESSEL

Name of Vessel ..Tonnage

Name and Address of Owner
........................................................................................

Name and Address of Agent
........................................................................................

Destination .....Via

Date and Time of Departure 1 .......

Bunker Fuel on Board
................................................................................................

This vessel is not allowed to load cargo or embark passengers in the waters of
Hong Kong.

Date






..............

...........

for Director of Marine

MARINE
DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.





FIFTH SCHEDULE [reg. 17.1

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

A Audit No . ............................

MONTHLY PERMIT

Permission is hereby granted to the master of vessel ...........................................

................... 1 Licence No .

to be exempt from the requirements of regulations 15 and 16 for ..............................

.......................... a period of one month
expiring on ................ 19

Fee 5
...................................

.............

Shroff's signature.

.................................
...........

Date.

. ........... 1

.for Director of Mart Marine

MARINE DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG.

SIXTH SCHEDULE [reg. 3.]

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

A Audit Yo . ............................

VOYAGE PERMIT

Permission is hereby granted to the master of vessel ...........................................

....... 1 ...........Licence No .

to proceed on one voyage from the port of Victoria to ..............................................

...... 1 ...................for the purpose of

....................... 1

Fee ...................................

.......................







Shroff's signature.

.............

Date.

. ...........

for Director of Marine

MARINE DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.





SEVENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 10.1

FORM 1

No . .....................................

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION (WESTERN TYPE VESSEL)

Name of Vessel ....Hong Kong Licence No .

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the hull, tanks, piping, all other fittings and
equipment on the above-named vessel, have been inspected by a Surveyor of this

Department, and found to be fit for the service intended for the period
....................

Number and type of Fire Appliances to be carried on board and kept in good

condition ready for use .......................................

Type and Number of Engines
.....................................................................................

Maker's Engine Number
............................................................................................

Number of Propellers Type or grade of fuel

Total Capacity of fuel tanks
.......................................................................................
Name of Engineer
.................................................................................................
......
Certificate No. of Engineer
.........................................................................................

.................

Surveyor of Ships.

Date
.................................................
........

Number and type of Life Saving Appliances required on board
................................

Total number of crew permitted on board ...................................

Total number of passengers permitted on board
........................................................

.................

Senior Marine Officer (Licensing Of

Office)/

Date.................







MARINE DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.





FORM 2

No . .....................................

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION (ASIATIC TYPE VESSEL)

Hong Kong Licence No . Name of Vessel

Type of Engines
..................................................................................................
........
...........................................................................................
................................

.................. 1
Number of Propellers Type or grade of fuel

Total Capacity of fuel tanks
.......................................................................................

Number and type of Fire Appliances to be carried on board and kept in good

condition ready for use
................................................................................................

Name of Engineer
..................................................................................................
.....

Certificate No . ...................................

which is appropriate for. the machinery, fitted on board.

Receipt No .
This certifies that on 1

the Surveyor signing below
.........................................................................................

reported on the inspection of the machinery installation. and the equipment provided for the
extinction of fire on the above-named vessel in accordance with the above regulations. In his
opinion. having due regard to the primitive build and service in which the vessel is engaged, there
does not appear to be undue risk of fire or explosion if the conditions of the licence are fully complied
with.

The validity of this Certificate expires
.................................................................

. ................

Surveyor of ships/

Date
...................................................
......

Number and type of Life Saving Appliances required on board ................................

.....................................







Total number of crew permitted on board
.................................................................
Total number of passengers permitted on board
........................................................

. ................

Senior Marine Officer (Licensing Office).

Date....................................
.........

MARINE DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG.





EIGHTH SCHEDULE [reg. 34(1).]
SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)
MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS
DECLARATION OF FITNESS FOR VESSEL TO CARRY
PETROLEUM PRODUCT IN BULK

Name of Vessel ....C Name of Owner
Registered Length . Address

Registered Breadth
.................................................................................................
....

Gross Tonnage ..... Net Tonnage

Piculage ....................................................
No. and Type of Fire Appliances on board
................................................................

..................

No. and Type of Life Saving Appliances on board
..................................
...........................
Lowest flash point for which this certificate is valid
...........................
...........................

................. 1
No. of Persons permitted on board ...........................
Limitations imposed by this certificate .........................................
.................

...........................1 E

1. the undersigned Surveyor of Ships, having inspected the
................................

....... ..................Licence No . on

certify that I am satisfied the hull, machinery (where fitted) and equipment. are
sufficient for the service intended and are in good condition. and that all openings
in the main deck are efficiently protected by coamings or casings and are capable
of being closed watertight.

This certificate is valid for a period of ...........................

months from .................................................. provided that the Fire and
Life Saving

equipment described above is on board, in good condition. and ready for instant use.

......

Surveyor of Ships.

Date ............

MARINE DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.

NINTH SCHEDULE [reg. 34(1).]







(M. L. 0. 82)

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS
PERMIT FOR CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Name and Licence No. of Junk .........
Fire Extinguishers Buckets of Sand
Sand Scoops .......Life Belts

Lifebuoys........................................................... Red Flag (by day)
.................................





The above items will be on board whenever this vessel carries dangerous goods
and I agree to observe the conditions as prescribed overleaf. These conditions have
also been verbally explained to me.

Shipper's Signature
...............................................................

Address
......................

Vessel permitted to carry
.............................................................................................

....................
....................
Valid for a period of only.

Signature
......................................................
...

for Director of Marine.

Date

Remarks
..................................................................................................
...................

.....................................
.....................................

CONDITIONS

1. No smoking allowed on board.

2. No naked lights or cooking fires permitted on board.

3. In the event of a typhoon this vessel will not he allowed to use the Shelters
at Yau Ma Tei and Causeway Bay.

4. Kerosene may only, be loaded at one of the oil installations at Port of
Victoria or Tsuen Wan.

5. Vessel must proceed on its voyage immediately after loading has been
completed.

6. No passengers are permitted to be carried on board.

MARINE LICENSING OFFICE.
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.

TENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 12(1).]

(M. L. 0. 32)

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OF
.................................







Name of Vessel Licence No .
............Gross

TONNAGE Net
..............................................................
PICULAGE
......................................................................
....

Vendor .....Purchaser
Address ....Address

............





Report is hereby made by us, the undersigned, that sale of the abovenamed
vessel has been executed and it is therefore requested that the above-named
PURCHASER be registered as Owner and Licensee of this vessel.

Dated at Hong Kong this ........day of 19

SIGNED by the parties
in the presence of

..................... 1

Signature .........................................................

Vendor(

Address:-
Occupation:-
Particulars of Sale:-

Signature ............................................................

Purchaser

.... 1

To THE Di RECTOR OF MARINE,
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG.

ELEVENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 45A.]

ASSIGNED FREEBOARDS AND MARKINGS FOR DUMB LIGHTERS

1. Basic Minimum Freeboards.

(a)Where lighters comply fully with the structural requirements the following
freeboards shall be assigned

Length Freeboard Length
Freeboard

UP to 15.0 ins.

100 ft. 200 ft..5 in
110 ft. 16.5 ins. 2 10 ft.37.0 ins.
120 ft. 18.0 ins. 220 ft.40.0 ins.
130 ft. 19.5 ins. 230 ft.42.5 ins.
140 ft. 21.5 ins. 240 ft.45.5 ins.
150 ft. 23.0 ins. 250 ft.48.5 ins.
160 ft. 25.5 ins. 260 ft.51.5 ins.
170 ft. 27.5 ins. 270 ft.54.5 ins.
180 ft. 29.5 ins. 280 ft.58.0 ins.
190 ft. 32.0 ins. 290 ft.61.5 ins.

(b)Freeboard for lighters of intermediate lengths shall be obtained by
interpolation.





(e)Minimum height of hatch coamings shall be 12 inches and where less than
24 inches the above freeboards shall be increased by one half inch for each
inch that the coaming is below 24 inches in height.

(d)Where the lighter is not fitted with satisfactory watertight closing
appliances the above freeboards shall be increased by, 6 inches, in addition
to any requirement which may be imposed under paragraph (c).

(e)Lighters of special type and usage shall be given special consideration but
in no case shall the minimum freeboards assigned be less than those
indicated in paragraph (a).

2. Freeboard Marks.

(a) Marking.

On receiving particulars of the assigned freeboard the owner of the lighter
shall cause to be marked on each side of the vessel. to the satisfaction of
the Director, the appropriate mark in accordance with this Schedule.

(b) Method of Marking.

The lines described in paragraph (c) of this paragraph shall be marked in
such a manner as to make them plainly visible. They shall be painted in
white or yellow on a dark background or in black on a light background
and shall be carefully cut in or centre punched.

(c) Marks.

A lighter shall be marked on each side at amidships. with a deck line and
freeboard line as follows

DECK LINE

i-Ai

0



in.

(i)The deck line shall be a horizontal line 12 inches in length and 1 inch
in breadth marked amidships with its upper edge passing through the
point where the continuation outwards of the upper surface of the
freeboard deck intersects the outer surface of the shell. Where the
deck is partly sheathed amidships the upper edge of the deck line
shall pass through the point where the continuation outwards of the
upper surface of the actual sheathing at amidships intersects the outer
surface of the shell.

(ii) The horizontal freeboard line shall be 15 inches in length and 1 inch
in breadth, and 2 additional lines each 3 inches in length, and 1 inch
in breadth. shall be located with their upper edges at distances of 6
inches. one above. and one -below, the upper edge of the
aforementioned horizontal line--- All horizontal lines shall be at
right angles to a vertical line 13 inches in depth and 1 inch in width.
which bisects the horizontal lines.

(iii)The permit ted freeboard shall be measured from the upper edge of
the deck line to the upper edge of the horizontal freeboard line.





TWELFTH SCHEDULE [reg. 45B.]

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS

ASSIGNMENT OF FREEBOARD
CERTIFICATE

No . .........................................................
Name of Vessel
....................................................................

Hong Kong Licence No . ......................................................

Gross Tons
...............................

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the abovenamed dumb lighter has been surveyed.
the freeboard shown below duly assigned to it, and the markings painted and cut in
or centre punched on each side of the vessel in accordance with Merchant
Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) Regulations.

DECK LINE
FREEBOARD
ASSIGNED

INCHES.

This certificate shall remain in force until

.............................
...................................

Surveyor of Ships. Date.

The abovementioned dumb lighter has been surveyed for the purpose of
determining whether this certificate shall remain valid and the survey has been
completed to my satisfaction.

..........

Surveyor of Ships. Date.

The abovementioned dumb lighter has been surveyed for the purpose of
determining whether this certificate shall remain valid and the survey has been
completed to my satisfaction.

.. .. . ... .... .... .... ..

Sureyor of Ships Date

The abovementioned dumb lighter has been surveyed for the purpose of
determining whether this certificate shall remain valid and the survey has been
completed to my satisfaction.

Sureyor of Ships Date





THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 48B.]

FOR.M 1
(Front of cover)

E. R.

LOCAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
MASTER
HONG KONG
UNDER PART IV OF THE SHIPPING
AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

(Page 1) (Inside Front Cover)

E. R.

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)
HONG KONG

Certificate No .
.....................................................................
Record Book Ref. No .
.........................................................

This is to certify that the Bearer
..........................................................................

...................

Age .....Height .....feet and .....inches.

Nationality .........H.K.I.C. No .

has passed the prescribed examination and is considered competent to take charge

of a Powered Vessel of 15/60/300 tons and under as Master.

Examination fee S .Receipt No .

FurtherQualifications....................................................................
.....................

a

.....................................
..................................... 1

(Page 2) Audit No .

MARINE DEPARTMENT

Hong Kong ........19

PHOTOGRAPH Signature

...............

for Director of Marine.





(Page 3)

ENDORSEMENTS

Passed Eyesight Test
............................................................

..............

for Director of Marine

19
(Page 4)
ENDORSEMENTS
(Page 5)
RECORD OF SERVICE

Date

Name of Vessel Signature

From 1 0

(Page 6) (Inside Back Cover,,
RECORD OF SERVICE
Date
Name of Vessel Signature
From To

FORM 2

(Front of Cover)

ak CAC~i.-

E. f& R.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
(ENGINEER)
HONG KONG
UNDER PART IV OF THE SHIPPING
AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MARINE DEPARTMENT
HONG KONG





(Page 1) (Inside Front Cover)

E. a R.
SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

HONG KONG

Certificate No . .....................................................................

This is to certify that the Bearer ..........................................................................

.........................

Age .....Height ......feet and ........inches.

Native of .....................................................................................................................

has been examined and is considered competent to take charge of a Steam/

Motor ..............................

Examination fee 5 Receipt No .

Limitations ..........................................................................................................

(Page 2) No.

MARINE DEPARTMENT

Hong Kong ........................................

PHOTOGRAPH

.................

Examiner. for Director of Marine.

(Page 3)

ENDORSEMENTS

(Page 4)

ENDORSEMENTS





(Page 5)

RECORD OF SERVICE
Date

Name of Vessel FromTo Signature

(Page 6)

RECORD OF SERVICE
Date

Name of Vessel FromTo Signature

FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 47C(3) (4).]

FORM 1

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT) REGULATIONS

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF SITE FOR OPERATION OF
A CLASS VIII VESSEL (FLOATING RESTAURANT)

Name or proposed Name of Vessel

Name of Owner or proposed Owner
..........................................................................

Proposed Overall Length ..............Proposed Extreme

Breadth
..................................................................................................
.....................

1. Application is hereby made for approval of the site at
........................................

................................... and indicated in the attached plans

for operation of the proposed floating restaurant described above. Five copies of the plans are
attached.

2.Detailed plans and specifications for construction of the proposed floating restaurant will be
submitted if the site is approved.

Applicant's Signature
................................

Address
..........................

Date
.................................................
........

TO THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE,
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG.





FORM 2

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE

(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR
A CLASS VIII VESSEL (FLOATING RESTAURANT)

(To be submitted only after approval of the operating site or
on
request of the Director of Marine)

Name or proposed Name of Vessel .......................

Name of Owner or proposed Owner
..........................................................................

Proposed Overall Length ......Proposed Extreme
Breadth ......................Approved Operating
Site

1: Application is hereby made for approval of the following plans and
specifications in respect of the floating restaurant described above(a) general
plans as required by the Director of Marine: (b) materials and paints
specifications; (e) fire protection arrangements; (d) plans showing details of
access stairways. means of escape and fire protection; (e) electrical wiring.
equipment and installation: (.1) emergency electric power system: (g)
mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning system: (h) bilge pump and
overboard discharges; (i) fire appliances and installation; (j) life saving
appliances: (k) [Others].

2. Five copies of the above plans and specifications are attached.

3.Further plans. specifications or particulars will be submitted at the request of
the Director of Marine.

..............................................
...............

Signature of Applicant

Date

TO THE DIRECTOR OF
MARINE,
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG.

FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE [reg. 47H(2).]

Rotation No . ...........FILE
..................................

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
(Chapter 313)

MERCHANT SHIPPING (MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT)
REGULATIONS







CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION .(FLOATING RESTAURANT)





Floating Restaurant .................................................................. Hong Kong Licence No .
........................................................... Type make, and number of engines
............................................................................

.. 1

Type of Fuel Oil .........................................................................................................
Total Capacity of fuel tanks .......................................................................................
Name and certificate number of Engineers .................................................................

Fire Detection System ................................................................................................

.............. 1

Fire Extinction System .1

Fire Appliances .......................
.......................

Fire Pumps .................................................................................................................

Life Saving Appliances ...............................................................................................

.....................................

Total number of employees on board .........................................................................
Total number of persons other than employees permitted on board ..........................

This is to certify that I have inspected the above-named vessel. its machinery and equipment. In
my opinion and subject to the issue of a catering licence under the Public Health and Urban
Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) and compliance with !hat licence and the Class VIII vessel licence
issued by the Director of Marine. the vessel is fit for service as a floating restaurant.

The validity of this Certificate expires on

Fee Receipt No . ........................................................................
Date ..........................................................................................

.................

Surveyor of Ships/Inspector
G.N.A. 157 L.N. 86/65 L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 139/75. L.N.. 131/83. L.N. 273/83. Citation. L.N. 139/75. Interpretation. L.N. 86/85. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 313, sub. leg.) Classification. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 139/75. L.N. 131/83. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 139/75. L.N. 273/83. Licences and voyage permits. First Schedule. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. Third and Sixth Schedules. L.N. 33/70. Applicant for licence required to declare name and address of owner and his agent (if any). L.N. 33/70. Licensee required to notify the Director of any change of address of the owner or his agent and any cessation of agency. L.N. 33/70. Service of documents. L.N. 33/70. Obligation to obtain licence. Painting of licence numbers. L.N. 86/65. Discretion to issue, suspend, cancel or amend. Licence to be kept on board and produced. Issue of duplicate licence if destroyed, etc. L.N. 86/65. Penalty for fraudulent use. L.N. 258/74. Licensing of vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, etc. Seventh Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Engines not to be fitted to vessels in certain cases. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 258/74. Sale to be reported. Tenth Schedule. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 258/74. Penalty for false statements. L.N. 258/74. Penalty for breach of conditions of licence. L.N. 258/74. Obligation to report arrival. Obligation to report intended departure. Fourth Schedule. Monthly permit. L.N. 86/65. Fifth Schedule. Limitation of passengers on sailing vessels plying outside certain limits. L.N. 258/74. Vessels not to leave Colony under certain circumstances and means of prevention. Number of persons permitted. Carriage of passengers in mechanically propelled vessels. Life saving appliances for passenger carrying vessels. Passenger-carrying vessels to be kept clean. navigation or signal lights. (Cap. 281.) L.N. 258/74. Change of master to be reported. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 258/74. Vessels to be properly manned and equipped. No vessel to be used for unlawful purposes. Steamships not to be approached. Prohibition of false bottoms L.N. 258/74. Prohibition of dangerous goods. Eighth Schedule. Ninth schedule. L.N. 258/74. Not to use drags, etc. Yulo to be rigged in. Vessels not to be used towing. Embarkation and disembarkation of passengers. L.N. 273/83. Duties of masters. L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 342.) Restriction on leaving Hong Kong. Sixth Schedule. L.N. 86/65. Obligation to let boat. Restriction on conveyance of passengers. Assignment of freeboard to dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. Eleventh Schedule. L.N. 258/74. Issue of load line certificates and assignment of freeboard certificates to dumb lighters L.N. 33/70. Twelfth Schedule. Periodical inspection of dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. Applications for initial issue of certificates to be accompanies with full particulars and plans. L.N. 33/70. Offence. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Application for licence to be accompanied by valid load line certificate or assignment of freeboard certificate. L.N. 33/70. Restriction on the use and operation of dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Water boats. Conveyance of passengers. Conveyance of passengers. L.N. 273/83. Meaning of construction. L.N. 273/83. Consent required for construction of Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83. Fourteenth Schedule, Form 1. Fourteenth Schedule, Form 2. Refusal to approve. L.N. 273/83. Conditions on permission or approval and effect thereof. L.N. 273/83. Additional requirements for first licensing. L.N. 273/83. Permission to enter waters. L.N. 273/83. Periodical inspection. L.N. 273/83. Fifteenth Schedule. Alterations to a Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83. Closure of a Class VIII vessels. L.N. 273/83. Application of Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance. L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Number of persons permitted. L.N. 273/83. Vessels required to carry certificated masters and engineers. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Issue of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70. Thirteenth Schedule. Loss, etc. of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70. Record of engagement and discharge of master and engineer. L.N. 33/70. Duty of master or engineer upon engagement or discharge. L.N. 33/70. Duty of owner on engagement or discharge of master or engineer. L.N. 33/70. Penalties. L.N. 273/83. Transitional. L.N. 273/87. (Cap. 313.) Exemption. (Cap. 369.) Schedule. L.N. 224/87. Schedule. L.N. 224/87. Schedule. L.N. 224/87. L.N. 224/87. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 273/83.

G.N.A. 157 L.N. 86/65 L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 139/75. L.N.. 131/83. L.N. 273/83. Citation. L.N. 139/75. Interpretation. L.N. 86/85. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 313, sub. leg.) Classification. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 139/75. L.N. 131/83. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 139/75. L.N. 273/83. Licences and voyage permits. First Schedule. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. Third and Sixth Schedules. L.N. 33/70. Applicant for licence required to declare name and address of owner and his agent (if any). L.N. 33/70. Licensee required to notify the Director of any change of address of the owner or his agent and any cessation of agency. L.N. 33/70. Service of documents. L.N. 33/70. Obligation to obtain licence. Painting of licence numbers. L.N. 86/65. Discretion to issue, suspend, cancel or amend. Licence to be kept on board and produced. Issue of duplicate licence if destroyed, etc. L.N. 86/65. Penalty for fraudulent use. L.N. 258/74. Licensing of vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, etc. Seventh Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Engines not to be fitted to vessels in certain cases. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 258/74. L.N. 258/74. Sale to be reported. Tenth Schedule. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 258/74. Penalty for false statements. L.N. 258/74. Penalty for breach of conditions of licence. L.N. 258/74. Obligation to report arrival. Obligation to report intended departure. Fourth Schedule. Monthly permit. L.N. 86/65. Fifth Schedule. Limitation of passengers on sailing vessels plying outside certain limits. L.N. 258/74. Vessels not to leave Colony under certain circumstances and means of prevention. Number of persons permitted. Carriage of passengers in mechanically propelled vessels. Life saving appliances for passenger carrying vessels. Passenger-carrying vessels to be kept clean. navigation or signal lights. (Cap. 281.) L.N. 258/74. Change of master to be reported. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 258/74. Vessels to be properly manned and equipped. No vessel to be used for unlawful purposes. Steamships not to be approached. Prohibition of false bottoms L.N. 258/74. Prohibition of dangerous goods. Eighth Schedule. Ninth schedule. L.N. 258/74. Not to use drags, etc. Yulo to be rigged in. Vessels not to be used towing. Embarkation and disembarkation of passengers. L.N. 273/83. Duties of masters. L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 342.) Restriction on leaving Hong Kong. Sixth Schedule. L.N. 86/65. Obligation to let boat. Restriction on conveyance of passengers. Assignment of freeboard to dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. Eleventh Schedule. L.N. 258/74. Issue of load line certificates and assignment of freeboard certificates to dumb lighters L.N. 33/70. Twelfth Schedule. Periodical inspection of dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. Applications for initial issue of certificates to be accompanies with full particulars and plans. L.N. 33/70. Offence. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Application for licence to be accompanied by valid load line certificate or assignment of freeboard certificate. L.N. 33/70. Restriction on the use and operation of dumb lighters. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Water boats. Conveyance of passengers. Conveyance of passengers. L.N. 273/83. Meaning of construction. L.N. 273/83. Consent required for construction of Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83. Fourteenth Schedule, Form 1. Fourteenth Schedule, Form 2. Refusal to approve. L.N. 273/83. Conditions on permission or approval and effect thereof. L.N. 273/83. Additional requirements for first licensing. L.N. 273/83. Permission to enter waters. L.N. 273/83. Periodical inspection. L.N. 273/83. Fifteenth Schedule. Alterations to a Class VIII vessel. L.N. 273/83. Closure of a Class VIII vessels. L.N. 273/83. Application of Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance. L.N. 273/83. (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Number of persons permitted. L.N. 273/83. Vessels required to carry certificated masters and engineers. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 258/74. Issue of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70. Thirteenth Schedule. Loss, etc. of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70. Record of engagement and discharge of master and engineer. L.N. 33/70. Duty of master or engineer upon engagement or discharge. L.N. 33/70. Duty of owner on engagement or discharge of master or engineer. L.N. 33/70. Penalties. L.N. 273/83. Transitional. L.N. 273/87. (Cap. 313.) Exemption. (Cap. 369.) Schedule. L.N. 224/87. Schedule. L.N. 224/87. Schedule. L.N. 224/87. L.N. 224/87. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 86/65. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 33/70. L.N. 273/83. L.N. 273/83.

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