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[接上页] (ii) in the case of an application for endorsement or issue of a full licence or temporary licence under subsection (1), such policy of insurance in respect of third party risks as is required for the vessel under the Insurance Regulation, or a certified copy of that policy of insurance; and (iii) the prescribed fee.(4) The Director may require an applicant to provide such other information and documents as may be reasonably required for determining the application. (5) If the Director refuses an application under subsection (2), he shall notify the applicant of the refusal and the reasons therefor. (L.N. 63 of 2004) Cap 548D s 27 Implications of interim ownership Remarks: not yet in operation (1) If a certificate of ownership endorsed or issued under section 26 in respect of a local vessel, in which a person is named as the interim owner, is in force, then— (a) unless otherwise provided for under this section or in the certificate of ownership, the Ordinance and regulations made under it shall apply to the person named as the interim owner as if he were the owner of the vessel; and (b) without prejudice to the liability of any person for or in respect of the vessel otherwise than under this paragraph, a person named as the interim owner is liable under the Ordinance and regulations made under it for and in respect of the vessel as if he were the owner of the vessel.(2) Except as provided for in subsection (1), section 26 shall not affect any issue relating to the ownership of a local vessel or the interest that any person may have in the vessel. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2)— (a) a notice of transfer in respect of a local vessel signed by the interim owner of the vessel as the original owner shall not be accepted by the Director for the purpose of section 22; and (b) the fact that a person is named as interim owner of a local vessel under section 26 does not by itself give such interim owner a right to operate the vessel and does not affect any claim a person having an interest in the vessel may have against such interim owner arising from the operation of the vessel by such interim owner. Cap 548D s 28 Cancellation of interim ownership Remarks: not yet in operation (1) The Director shall cancel any certificate of ownership, and shall cancel a full licence or temporary licence or revoke any permission for a laid-up vessel (as applicable), in which a person is named as interim owner of a local vessel if the Director ceases to be satisfied that the person is a person referred to in section 26(2). The Director shall exercise the power of cancellation or revocation by notice in writing given to the interim owner concerned. (2) The interim owner named in any certificate of ownership and a full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel shall deliver them to the Director, within 7 working days after their cancellation or revocation under subsection (1). (3) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3. Cap 548D s 29 Certificate of ownership, full licence, etc. in favour of person to whom personal representative has transferred the local vessel Remarks: not yet in operation (1) If, after the grant of representation of the estate of the deceased owner of a local vessel, the personal representative of the estate transfers the ownership of the vessel to any person, then subject to this section— (a) sections 22 and 23 apply to the transfer as if references in those sections to the original owner and new owner of the vessel were references to the personal representative of the estate and the person to whom the vessel is transferred respectively; and (b) a certificate of ownership and a full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel, in which the person to whom the vessel is transferred is named as the owner, may be issued, endorsed, or granted in respect of the vessel accordingly.(2) The personal representative of the estate of the deceased owner shall be taken to have contravened section 22 (as applied by subsection (1) of this section) unless he delivers to the Director a certified copy of the probate or letters of administration in respect of the estate at the time he delivers his copy of the notice of transfer of ownership in respect of the vessel in compliance with section 22 (so applied). (3) The requirements in section 22(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) (as applied by subsection (1) of this section) for delivery of the certificate of ownership and the full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel shall— (a) if the personal representative or the person to whom the vessel is transferred is named as the interim owner of the vessel under section 26, be read as a requirement for the personal representative or the person (as the case may be) to deliver to the Director the certificate of ownership and the full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel issued, endorsed, or granted in respect of the vessel under section 26 at the time he delivers his copy of the notice of transfer of ownership in respect of the vessel in compliance with section 22 (as applied by subsection (1) of this section); or |