MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (CARRIAGE OF NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (CARRIAGE OF NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (CARRIAGE OF
NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 369, section 108)

[19 May 1989]

L.N. 139 of 1989 ...

1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety)

(Carriage of Nautical Publications) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'Notices to Mariners' means notices to mariners published or issued by a
recognized hydrographer;

'Radio Navigational Warning' means any radio message received from any source
warning of the presence of any danger or hazard to navigation or any
alteration or fault in any aid to navigation;

'recognized hydrographer, means

(a)any hydrographer, organization or maritime authority specified in
Schedule 2; and

(b)any national authority in any country duly exercising the functions
of or functions similar to those of any hydrographer, organization or
maritime authority specified in Schedule 2;

'river trade limits' has the same meaning as in the Shipping and Port Control
Ordinance (Cap. 313).

3. Application

These regulations shall apply to all ships registered in Hong Kong other

than

(a) vessels not exceeding 13.7 m in length; and

(b) vessels which do not go beyond the waters of Hong Kong.

4. Specification of charts for safe operation of ships

The charts necessary or expedient for the safe operation of ships shall be

those





(a)which are of such a scale and contain sufficient detail as clearly to
show in respect of the waters comprised in the chart

(i)all navigational marks which may be used by a ship when
navigating such waters;

(ii) all known dangers affecting such waters; and

(iii) information concerning any traffic separation schemes, 2-way
routes, recommended tracks, inshore traffic zones and deep
water routes applicable to such waters, and areas therein which
are to be avoided;

(b) which are published by a recognized hydrographer; and

(c) which in all cases, are of the latest obtainable edition and-

(i) in the case of charts published by a recognized hydrographer,
have been corrected and kept up to date from the latest
relevant obtainable Notices to Mariners and Radio
Navigational Warnings; and

(ii) in the case of charts published otherwise than by a recognized
hydrographer, have been adequately corrected and kept up to
date.

5. Specification of directions and information

The directions and information necessary or expedient for the safe operation of
ships shall be such directions and information as are contained in the publications
mentioned in Schedule 1, being publications which

(a)are of the latest obtainable edition and incorporate the latest relevant
supplements, and;

(b)unless the respective publishers are mentioned in Schedule 1 in
relation to the publications, are published by a recognized
hydrographer or are of an equivalent standard and content to a
publication by a recognized hydrographer.

6. Ships to carry nautical publications

Every ship which goes to sea or attempts to go to sea shall carry not less than

(a)one copy of a chart which complies with the requirements specified
in regulation 4, being a chart appropriate for each part of the intended
voyage; and

(b)except in the case of a ship, other than a passenger ship, which
operates solely within river trade limits, one copy each of the
publications, with English language text, containing the directions
and information necessary or expedient for the safe operation of a
ship as specified under regulation 5, and as is appropriate for the
intended voyage.





SCHEDULE 1

PUBLICATIONS, DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION

Publications

1 ... International Code of Signals
2. Merchant Shipping Notices
3. Mariners Handbook
4. Notices to Mariners
5. Nautical Almanac
6. Navigational Tables
7. Lists of Radio Signals
8. Lists of Lights
9. Sailing Directions

10. Tide Tables

11. Tidal Stream Atlases

12. Operating and maintenance instructions for navigational aids carried by the ship

SCHEDULE 2

Hydrographer of the Navy

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