JETCAT CATAMARANS (EXEMPTION) NOTICE

JETCAT CATAMARANS (EXEMPTION) NOTICE

JETCAT CATAMARANS (EXEMPTION) NOTICE

(Cap. 369, section 114)

[5 February 1982]



L.N. 31 of 1982 ... R. Ed. 1982

1, Secretary for Economic Services, hereby grant the following exemption

1. All passenger carrying Jetcat Catamarans registered in Hong Kong operating
on short international voyages within River Trade Limits shall be exempted from the
requirements of the particulars rules and regulations enumerated below

(i) The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 1980
(S.I. 1980/535 U.K.)

Regulations 7(2), 7(3), 13(1), 14(8)(b), 15(2), 30(1), 30(2)(b), 37, 43, 46(3), 52,
55, 60(2)(b), 63, 117, 119(2)(b), 124.

(ii) The Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations (Cap. 281
sub. leg.)

Regulations 10(2).

(iii) The Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/544
U.K.)

Regulations 3(6), 7(3)(b), 12, 13, 66(2).

(iv) The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1980 (S.I.
1980/529 U.K.)

Regulation 3(2).

2. This exemption is granted having regard to the size and novel construction
of this special type of craft, the restricted nature of the service in which full
compliance with the rules and regulations is considered to be unreasonable,
impracticable or unnecessary in that other arrangements have been substituted to
my satisfaction.

3. This exemption shall be subject to full compliance with the provisions of the
Passenger and Safety Certificate and of the Conditions of Exemption specified by
the Director of Marine.

4. This exemption shall have effect from the date of this notice and remain in
operation until revoked either generally or specifically in respect of a particular
requirement.

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