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[接上页] (a) duplication of equipment; (b) shore-based maintenance; or (c) at-sea electronic maintenance.(7) On ships engaged on voyages in sea areas A3 and A4, the availability shall be ensured by using a combination of at least 2 of the methods specified in Schedule 3. (8) While all reasonable steps shall be taken to maintain the equipment in efficient working order to ensure compliance with all the functional requirements specified in section 5, malfunction of the equipment for providing the general radiocommunications required by section 5(h) shall not be considered as making a ship unseaworthy or as a reason for delaying the ship in ports where repair facilities are not readily available, provided the ship is capable of performing all distress and safety functions. (9) In all Hong Kong ships to which this Regulation applies, a qualified person who satisfies section 16 and who is nominated by the master shall, while the ship is engaging on voyages, carry out the appropriate tests and checks specified in Schedule 4. If any of the radio installations required by this Regulation is not in a working order, the master shall be informed and the details recorded in the radio log. (Enacted 1992) Cap 369AR s 16 Radio personnel (1) Every ship shall carry persons qualified for distress and safety radiocommunications purposes as specified in subsection (2). The persons shall be holders of certificates specified in the Radio Regulations as appropriate, any one of whom shall be designated to have primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents. (1A) In every passenger ship, at least one person qualified in accordance with subsection (1) shall be assigned to perform only radiocommunications duties during distress incidents. (L.N. 110 of 1998; 36 of 2000 s. 28) (2) (a) Every ship engaged on voyages exclusively in sea area A1 shall carry at least one person holding either a restricted operator's certificate, a general operator's certificate, a second-class radio electronic certificate or a first-class radio electronic certificate issued in accordance with the Radio Regulations. (b) Every ship engaged on voyages beyond sea area A1 shall carry at least one person holding either a general operator's certificate, a second-class radio electronic certificate or a first-class radio electronic certificate issued in accordance with the Radio Regulations. (c) In case the availability of functional requirements specified in section 5 is to be ensured by at-sea electronic maintenance capability, the ship shall carry at least one person holding a second-class radio electronic certificate or a first-class radio electronic certificate issued in accordance with the Radio Regulations. Alternatively a ship which is registered in a country other than Hong Kong may carry at least one person holding such equivalent at-sea electronic maintenance qualification as may be approved by an authority empowered or recognized in that behalf by the law of the country in which the ship is registered.(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, no person shall be qualified on board a Hong Kong ship unless he is the holder of- (a) a valid and appropriate certificate issued by the Telecommunications Authority or a comparable authority recognized by the Telecommunications Authority as the equivalent of such a certificate issued by the Telecommunications Authority; and (b) a valid Authority to Operate granted by the Telecommunications Authority to operate a radiocommunications station established in a ship under a licence issued by the Telecommunications Authority. (36 of 2000 s. 28)(4) For the purposes of this Regulation, no person shall be qualified on board a ship registered in a country other than Hong Kong unless he holds a valid and appropriate certificate issued by an authority empowered or recognized in that behalf by the law of the country in which the ship is registered. (Enacted 1992) Cap 369AR s 17 Radio records A record shall be kept as specified in Schedule 5 and as required by the Radio Regulations, of all incidents connected with the radiocommunications service which appear to be of importance to safety of life at sea. (Enacted 1992. 36 of 2000 s. 28) Cap 369AR s 18 Radio equipment for lifeboats and survival craft PART III RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR LIFEBOATS AND SURVIVAL CRAFT (1) The radio equipment required to be provided in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulation (Cap 369 sub. leg.) shall comply with the appropriate performance specifications set out in Schedule 2 and shall be tested in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 4. (L.N. 156 of 2001) (2) The batteries included in motor lifeboat fixed radio equipment shall not be used for any purpose other than the operation of such equipment and the searchlight provided in compliance with the Regulations referred to in subsection (1). (Enacted 1992) Cap 369AR s 19 Power to detain PART IV PENALTIES In any case where a ship to which this Regulation applies does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation, the ship shall be liable to be detained under the provisions of the Ordinance in respect of detention of ships. |