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[接上页] (a) shall be in a form determined by the Director; (b) shall be subject to such conditions as the Director may specify under section 3(5); and (c) subject to the provisions of this Regulation, shall be in force for its period of validity, which shall expire on the first anniversary of the expiry of the period of validity of the licence sought to be renewed.(6) No fee shall be payable in respect of the renewal of a licence. (7) The licensee of a licensed dwelling vessel shall surrender the licence issued in respect of the vessel to the Director- (a) upon the renewal of the licence under this section; (b) upon the expiry of the period of validity of the licence or, where the licence continues in force by virtue of subsection (4) or section 7(5), upon the licence ceasing to be in force; or (c) upon the cancellation of the licence under section 8,whichever occurs first. (8) A licensee who contravenes subsection (7) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. Cap 548A s 5 Owner to notify Director of change in ownership Remarks: not yet in operation (1) If, at any time while a licence is in force, a change occurs in the ownership of the dwelling vessel in respect of which the licence is issued, the new owner of the vessel shall, within 72 hours after the occurrence of the change, notify the Director of the change in a form specified by the Director and deliver the licence to the Director for amendment. (2) On receipt of a notification of a change in ownership given under subsection (1), the Director shall cause the particulars of the change to be noted, free of charge, on the licence issued in respect of the vessel concerned. (3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. Cap 548A s 6 Painting of licence number and other particulars on vessel Remarks: not yet in operation (1) The licensee of a licensed dwelling vessel shall, at all times while the licence issued in respect of the vessel is in force, ensure- (a) that the licence number specified in the licence and such other particulars of the licence as the Director may specify are painted on the vessel; and (b) that the painting of the licence number and other particulars on the vessel under paragraph (a) is done and maintained in such manner as the Director may specify.(2) A licensee who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, damages, obliterates or defaces the licence number or any of the particulars painted on a licensed dwelling vessel in accordance with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. Cap 548A s 7 Licence to be transferred only in certain circumstances Remarks: not yet in operation (1) A licence shall not be transferred, except as provided in this section. (2) Where the licensee of a licensed dwelling vessel dies at any time during the period of validity of the licence issued in respect of the vessel, the surviving spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or eldest child over the age of 16 years, of the deceased licensee, in that order, may apply to the Director for the licence to be transferred to him until the expiry of its period of validity, if he was dwelling on the vessel at the time when a licence was first issued in respect of the vessel under the repealed Regulations. (3) Where the persons dwelling on a licensed dwelling vessel comprise members of more than one family and the licensee of the vessel and members of his family cease to dwell on the vessel at any time during the period of validity of the licence issued in respect of the vessel, a person, other than the licensee or a member of his family, may apply to the Director for the licence to be transferred to him until the expiry of its period of validity, if he is nominated by the family or families continuing to dwell on the vessel so to apply and if he was dwelling on the vessel at the time when a licence was first issued in respect of the vessel under the repealed Regulations. (4) Subject to subsection (6), the Director may determine an application for the transfer of a licence made under subsection (2) or (3)- (a) by transferring the licence to the applicant until the expiry of its period of validity; or (b) by refusing to transfer the licence.(5) If an application for the transfer of a licence is made under subsection (2) or (3) and the period of validity of the licence expires before the determination of the application, the licence shall continue in force until the determination of the application, the withdrawal of the application or the cancellation of the licence under section 8, whichever occurs first. (6) If an application for the transfer of a licence is made under subsection (2) or (3) and the period of validity of the licence expires before the determination of the application, the Director may determine the application- |