MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE - minor amendment

MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CRAPTER 281

MERCHANT SHIPPING

1. The Merchant Shipping Ordinance is amended in section 2-

(a)in the definition of 'Port Health Officer' by repealing
'Medical and Health Services' and substituting 'Health';

(b)in the definition of 'seaman' by repealing 'excpet' and
substituting 'except'.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations
are amended-

(1) in regulation 2-

(a)in paragraph (1) by adding after the definition of
'registered power'--
'service endorsement' means a service endorsement
endorsed on a certificate of competency by the
Director under regulation 13(4);

(b)in paragraph (2) by repealing provisos (ii), (iii) and (iv) to
sub-paragraph (b) and substituting-
(ii) in the case of a ship mentioned in items 4, 5
and 7 of the table in regulation 13(1), a holder of a
Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer)
Class 4 may man a station as Third Engineer;
(iii) in the case of a ship mentioned in item 6 of the
table in regulation 13(1), a holder of a Certificate of
Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 may man a station
as Second Mate;
(iv) in the case of a ship mentioned in items 5 and
7(b) of the table in regulation 13(1)--
(A)a holder of a Certificate of Competency
(Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 with a
service endorsement may man a station as
Chief Engineer; and
(B)a holder of a Certificate of Competency
(Marine Engineer Officer) Class 3 may man
a station as Second Engineer; and

(2) in regulation 9(2)(a) by adding 'local' before 'certificate';

(3) in regulation 10(3)(a) by adding 'local' before 'certificate';

(4) in regulation 13 by repealing paragraph (4) and substituting---

(4) The Director may, if he is satisfied that the
holder of a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer





Officer) Class 2 is competent to be carried as Chief
Engineer in a ship of the description specified in items 5
and 7(b) in the table in paragraph (1), endorse the
certificate to that effect with the service endorsement
'Chief Engineer'.

3. The Merchant Shipping (Court of Survey) Regulations are
amended in Form 1 of the Schedule by repealing paragraph (3).

4. The Merchant Shipping (Launches and Ferry Vessels)
Regulations are amended-

(1) in regulation 3-

(a) by adding after the definition of 'fee'-

'ferry vessel' means any steam or motor vessel which
plies regularly for the conveyance of persons
and things between 2 or more points within the
waters of the Colony;

'launch' means any mechanically propelled vessel of
European type not exceeding 300 tons which is
designed or used for-

(a) the conveyance of persons or things;

(b) towing or pushing; or

(c) any other purpose,

and does not carry passengers beyond the waters
of Hong Kong;

(b) in the definition of 'owner' by repealing 'and agent';

(c) by adding after the definition of 'owner'-

'passenger' means any person carried in a vessel
other than-

(a)a person employed or engaged in any
capacity on board the vessel on the business
of the vessel; and

(b) a child under the age of one year;

(2) by repealing regulation 39.

5. The Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations
are amended in the Fifth Schedule by repealing 'easternmost point
of Tsing Yi Rock, thence a straight line drawn true north from the
easternmost point of Tsing Yi Rock to Tsing W' and substituting
'south-easternmost point of Tsing Yi'.

6. The Merchant Shipping (Marine Courts) Regulations are
amended-





(1) by repealing regulation 5;

(2)in the Schedule by repealing 'the report' from paragraph 3 of
Form 1.

7. The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) Regulations are
amended-

(1)in regulation 46(2) by repealing 'Medical and Health Services'
and substituting 'Health';

(2)in regulation 47K(I) by repealing 'Public Health and Urban
Services Ordinance' and substituting 'Public Health and
Municipal Services Ordinance';

(3)in the Fifteenth Schedule by repealing 'Public Health and
Urban Services Ordinance' and substituting 'Public Health
and Municipal Services Ordinance'.

8. The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.)
Rules came into operation on 10 January 1986.

9. The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.)
Rules are amended in the Second Schedule by adding at the end-

Hong Kong Seamen's Training Centre of the Vocational Nil
Training Council
L.N. 76 of 1989 L.N. 387 of 1987 L.N. 175 of 1983 L.N. 175 of 1983 36 of 1986 s. 8. 36 of 1986 s. 8. L.N. 175 of 1983 52 of 1977 s. 3. 76 of 1978 s. 81 76 of 1978 s. 81 L.N. 272 of 1989 76 of 1978 s. 81 L.N. 272 of 1989 L.N. 26 of 1970 L.N. 157 of 1982 L.N. 144 of 1971 L.N. 76 of 1989 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) L.N. 4 of 1986 L.N. 311 of 1986

L.N. 76 of 1989 L.N. 387 of 1987 L.N. 175 of 1983 L.N. 175 of 1983 36 of 1986 s. 8. 36 of 1986 s. 8. L.N. 175 of 1983 52 of 1977 s. 3. 76 of 1978 s. 81 76 of 1978 s. 81 L.N. 272 of 1989 76 of 1978 s. 81 L.N. 272 of 1989 L.N. 26 of 1970 L.N. 157 of 1982 L.N. 144 of 1971 L.N. 76 of 1989 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) 10 of 1986 s. 32(1) L.N. 4 of 1986 L.N. 311 of 1986

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