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[接上页] (6) If a renewal survey has been completed and a new High Speed Craft Safety Certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the craft before the expiry date of an existing High Speed Craft Safety Certificate, the Director may endorse such survey on the existing High Speed Craft Safety Certificate and upon such endorsement, the validity of the existing High Speed Craft Safety Certificate shall be extended beyond the expiry date to a date (as endorsed in the existing High Speed Craft Safety Certificate) not exceeding 5 months from the expiry date. (7) If a craft at the time when a High Speed Craft Safety Certificate expires is not in Hong Kong or in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the Director may extend the period of validity of the High Speed Craft Safety Certificate but this extension shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the craft to complete its voyage to Hong Kong or to a port in which it is to be surveyed. (8) An extension under subsection (7) shall not be granted for a period longer than one month. (9) The craft to which an extension is granted under subsection (7) shall not, on its arrival to Hong Kong or the port in which it is to be surveyed, leave Hong Kong or that port (as the case may be) unless a new High Speed Craft Safety Certificate has been obtained. (10) Where a renewal survey of the craft to which an extension is granted under subsection (7) is completed, the new High Speed Craft Safety Certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing High Speed Craft Safety Certificate before the extension was granted or, if the Director is satisfied that there are special circumstances, to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey. (11) If a periodical survey is completed before the period specified in section 5(1)(c), then- (a) a new date, which shall not be more than 3 months later than the date on which the survey was completed, shall be endorsed by the surveyor on the relevant High Speed Craft Safety Certificate to be the date for ascertaining subsequent dates of anniversary; (b) the subsequent periodical survey required under section 5(1)(c) shall be completed at the intervals prescribed therein using the new date in paragraph (a) as the date of anniversary; and (c) the expiry date of the High Speed Craft Safety Certificate may remain unchanged provided one or more periodical surveys are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed in section 5(1)(c) are not exceeded.(12) A High Speed Craft Safety Certificate issued under section 6 shall cease to be valid- (a) if the relevant surveys are not completed within the periods specified in section 5(1); (b) if the High Speed Craft Safety Certificate is not endorsed in accordance with section 5(3); or (c) upon transfer of the craft to the registry of another State or territory. Cap 369AW s 8 Permit to Operate High Speed Craft (1) No high speed craft shall operate commercially unless- (a) a Permit to Operate High Speed Craft; and (b) a High Speed Craft Safety Certificate,are in force in respect of the craft. (2) If the Director is satisfied that 1.2.2 to 1.2.7 of the HSC Code are complied with in respect of a craft, he may upon application in that behalf issue in respect of the craft a Permit to Operate High Speed Craft, subject to such conditions as to the operation of the craft as he may specify in the Permit to Operate High Speed Craft. (3) The conditions of operation specified under subsection (2) may be drawn up on the basis of the information contained in the route operational manual carried under section 10(1) and of information, if any, obtained by the Director after a consultation with the government of the State or territory in which the port is situated as to the operational conditions of the craft in that State or territory. (4) The Director may inspect the craft and audit its documentation for the purpose of verifying its compliance with the conditions specified in the Permit to Operate High Speed Craft. (5) Where such inspection or audit reveals that a condition specified in the Permit to Operate High Speed Craft has not been complied with, the Permit to Operate High Speed Craft shall cease to be valid until the condition has been complied with. (6) Section 7 shall apply to the duration and validity of the Permit to Operate High Speed Craft issued under subsection (2) as if every reference in that section to a High Speed Craft Safety Certificate were a reference to a Permit to Operate High Speed Craft. Cap 369AW s 9 Maintenance of conditions after survey (1) The conditions of any high speed craft and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the HSC Code. (2) After any survey of a craft under this Regulation has been completed, no important change shall be made to the structure, equipment, fittings, arrangements or materials covered by the survey without the sanction of the Director. |