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[接上页] Cap 548 s 13 Certificated local vessel must be licensed Remarks: not yet in operation (1) Every certificated local vessel shall be annually licensed except that this subsection shall not apply during any period when the vessel is the subject of a written permission under section 66 which is in force. (2) Where subsection (1) is contravened, the owner of the local vessel, his agent and the coxswain commit an offence and each of them is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 year. Cap 548 s 14 Offences in relation to carrying of passengers Remarks: not yet in operation (1) No unlicensed local vessel shall carry any passenger. (2) No licensed vessel shall carry any passenger unless the conditions of its operating licence permit the carriage of passengers. (3) No licensed vessel shall carry more passengers and crew than may lawfully be carried under the conditions of its operating licence. (4) If without reasonable excuse subsection (1) or (2) is contravened, the owner of the vessel, his agent and the coxswain commit an offence and each of them is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years, and to an additional fine at level 2 in respect of each passenger carried on the vessel in contravention of that subsection. (5) If without reasonable excuse subsection (3) is contravened, the owner of the vessel, his agent and the coxswain commit an offence and each of them is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 year, and to an additional fine at level 1 in respect of each person carried in excess of the number that may lawfully be carried. Cap 548 s 15 Additional licence fees Remarks: not yet in operation (1) Without prejudice to the liability for an offence under section 13(2), the Director may, in the case of- (a) a local vessel which is not licensed, require the owner of the vessel to pay, in addition to the prescribed licence fee for the issue of an operating licence, the prescribed licence fees which would have become payable if the vessel has been licensed from the date the vessel has been without a licence in contravention of section 13(1); (b) a local vessel the operating licence of which is not renewed from the date of expiry of the previous licence, require the owner of the vessel to pay, in addition to the prescribed licence fee for the renewal of the licence, the prescribed licence fees which would have become payable if the operating licence had been renewed from the date of expiry of the previous operating licence.(2) The owner of a local vessel may be required to pay the additional licence fees payable under subsection (1) in respect of a period prior to the issue or renewal of an operating licence whether or not he was the owner of the vessel during that entire period. (3) The additional licence fees under subsection (1) shall not be payable in respect of any period during which the operating licence of the vessel was terminated by notice to the Director. Cap 548 s 16 Local certificate of competency for persons employed as coxswains, etc. Remarks: not yet in operation PART V LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AND INQUIRIES (1) The Director shall cause examinations to be conducted for the grant of local certificates of competency required to be held by persons employed as coxswains, engine operators or pleasure vessel operators on vessels, and shall appoint examiners for that purpose. (2) The Director may make rules providing for- (a) the issue by the Director of local certificates of competency and the method of granting such certificates; (b) the classes and grades of local certificates of competency and the endorsements appropriate to each class and grade; (c) the combining of 2 or more classes or grades of local certificate of competency in one document if appropriate; (d) the addition or removal of endorsements on local certificates of competency; (e) the recognition of one type of local certificate of competency as equivalent to another type of local certificate of competency for all or specified purposes; (f) the procedure for applying for a local certificate of competency and for the conduct of examinations under subsection (1); (g) the subjects to be taken at such examinations or the manner in which those subjects are to be specified; (h) the standards of competency to be attained by candidates in order to pass such examinations and other conditions to be satisfied by candidates, and applicants for a local certificate of competency; (i) the requirements to be satisfied for a person to be exempted under subsection (5) from any part of such an examination; (j) the requirements to be satisfied for the grant of a local certificate of competency under subsection (4); (k) the recognition of certificates of competency issued by the Director under any enactment or by the appropriate authority of another jurisdiction as equivalent, for all purposes or for purposes specified by the Director, to local certificates of competency required to be held by any person under this Ordinance; |