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[接上页] (Enacted 1991) Cap 369Z reg 6 Power of Director in respect of appointments and delegations (1) The Director may, in writing, appoint persons to be surveyors for the purposes of these regulations. (2) A surveyor shall have such powers, functions and duties as are prescribed, respectively, in these regulations. (3) The Director may, in writing, delegate to any public officer or class of public officers any of his powers, functions or duties under these regulations and may at any time revoke any such delegation. (4) No delegation under subregulation (3) shall preclude the Director from exercising or performing at any time any power, function or duty so delegated. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369Z reg 7 Issue of International Certificate of Fitness (1) Upon satisfactory completion of an initial or periodical survey the Director shall issue to a ship which complies with the relevant requirements of the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be a certificate called an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk, the model form of which is set out in the appendix to the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be. (L.N. 420 of 1996) (2) A certificate shall cease to be valid- (a) if any survey required by regulation 5(1)(c) or (d) is not completed within the period specified for that survey; (b) if any survey required by regulation 5(1)(e) is not completed within such reasonable time as the surveyor may specify; or (c) upon transfer of the ship to registry in another State.(3) In either of the cases specified in subregulation (2)(a) or (b) the owner shall deliver up the certificate issued in relation to the ship to the Director on demand. (4) In the case of a ship which has been transferred from registry in another State to registry in Hong Kong the Director may, subject to such requirements as to survey or otherwise as he may think fit, if he is satisfied that, notwithstanding that the surveys were not carried out as required by regulation 5(2)- (a) the ship has already been subjected to a satisfactory initial or periodical survey and to any intermediate, annual or additional surveys required; and (b) the ship was issued by or on behalf of the Administration of that other State with a certificate of fitness which would, but for the change of registry, have remained valid; and (c) the condition of the ship and its equipment has been maintained in conformity with the provisions of the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be; and (L.N. 420 of 1996) (d) since completion of the surveys referred to in paragraph (a) no change has been made in the structure, equipment, fittings, arrangements and materials covered by those surveys, without the sanction of the Administration of that other State or of the Director, except by direct replacement,issue to that ship an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk for a period to be determined by the Director, but not exceeding the expiry date of the certificate referred to in paragraph (b). (5) The International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk shall be kept on board ship and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369Z reg 8 Fees Fees shall be payable in respect of surveys and other services provided under these regulations and shall be determined as prescribed by the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations (Cap 281 sub. leg.) and, as respects the time involved, by reference to the hourly rate calculated in accordance with those regulations. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369Z reg 9 Maintenance of condition after survey (1) The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained so as to conform with the provisions of the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be. (L.N. 420 of 1996) (2) After any survey of the ship under regulation 5 has been completed, no change shall be made in the structure, equipment, fittings, arrangements and materials covered by the survey, without the sanction of the Director, except by direct replacement. (3) Whenever an accident occurs to a ship or a defect is discovered, either of which affects the safety of the ship or crew, the master or owner of the ship shall report at the earliest opportunity to the Director, who shall determine whether an additional survey is necessary and if the ship is in a port of another State, the master or owner shall also report immediately to the appropriate authority of the government of the State in which the port is situated. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369Z reg 10 Equivalents PART III MISCELLANEOUS Where the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be requires that a particular fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, item of equipment or type thereof should be fitted or carried in a ship, or that any particular provision should be made, or any procedure or arrangement should be complied with, the Director may allow any other fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, item of equipment or type thereof to be fitted or carried, or any other provision, procedure or arrangement to be made in that ship, if he is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that such fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, item of equipment or type thereof, or that any particular provision, procedure or arrangement is at least as effective as that required by the 1983 IGC Code or 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be. |