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[接上页] Cap 369 s 21 Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption certificates (1) If the Director is satisfied, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a ship to which section 11 applies and which is registered in Hong Kong, that the ship complies with the cargo ship construction and survey regulations applicable to the ship and such voyages as it is to be engaged on, he shall, on the application of the owner, agent or master, issue in respect of the ship- (a) if the ship is of not less than 500 tons gross tonnage and is to be engaged on international voyages, a cargo ship safety construction certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention or by the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention; (Amended 6 of 2000 s. 5) (b) in any other case, a cargo ship safety construction certificate showing that it complies with the said regulations.(2) If the Director, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of such a ship, is satisfied that- (a) the ship is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by him of a power in that behalf conferred on him by this Ordinance or the cargo ship construction and survey regulations, from any of the requirements of those regulations applicable to the ship and to such voyages as it is to be engaged on; and (b) it complies with the rest of those requirements,he shall, on the application of the owner, agent or master, issue specified certificates in respect of the ship. (3) The specified certificates referred to in subsection (2) shall be- (a) if the ship is of not less than 500 tons gross tonnage and is to be engaged on international voyages- (i) an exemption certificate stating which of the requirements of the Convention, being requirements implemented by the regulations and applicable as aforesaid, the ship is exempt from and that the exemption is conditional on the ship's plying on the voyages and complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the certificate; and (ii) a qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate showing that the ship complies with the rest of those requirements;(b) in any other case, a qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate showing that the ship complies with such of the requirements of the cargo ship construction and survey regulations applicable to the ship and to the voyages it is to be engaged on as it is not exempt from. Cap 369 s 21A Issue of cargo ship safety certificates (1) If on- (a) receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a ship to which section 11 applies and which is registered in Hong Kong; and (b) the application of the owner, agent or master of the ship,the Director is satisfied that- (i) the ship complies with- (A) the life-saving appliances regulations; (B) the fire-fighting appliances regulations; (C) the radio regulations; (D) the navigational equipment regulations; and (E) the cargo ship construction and survey regulations, applicable to the ship and to such international voyages as it is to be engaged on; and(ii) the ship is properly provided with the lights, shapes, and means of making sound signals required by the collision regulations,he may issue in respect of the ship a cargo ship safety certificate showing that the ship complies with such of the requirements of the Convention relating to the matters specified in paragraph (ii) and to the matters for which the regulations set out in paragraph (i) are made. (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Ordinance to a cargo ship safety equipment certificate, a cargo ship safety radio certificate or a cargo ship safety construction certificate shall, where a cargo ship safety certificate has been issued in respect of a ship, be construed in relation to that ship as a reference to the cargo ship safety certificate, and the other provisions of this Ordinance shall apply accordingly. (3) Nothing in this section shall derogate from the power to issue a certificate under section 17(1), 18(1) or 21(1). (Added 6 of 2000 s. 6) Cap 369 s 22 Delivery of certificate and declarations (1) The Director shall, upon the completion of any certificate under this Part, deliver such certificate in duplicate to the owner, agent or master applying for the certificate upon the payment of such fees as may be prescribed. (2) Any declaration of survey shall be produced for the inspection of the owner, agent or master of the ship to which the declaration relates. Cap 369 s 23 Notice of alterations and additional surveys (1) The owner or master of a ship in respect of which any certificate issued under this Part is in force shall, as soon as possible, after any alteration is made- (a) in the ship's hull, equipment or machinery affecting the efficiency thereof or the seaworthiness of the ship; or (b) in the appliances or equipment required by the life-saving appliances regulations, the fire-fighting appliances regulations, the radio regulations, the navigational equipment regulations or the collision regulations to be carried by the ship, being an alteration affecting the efficiency or completeness of those appliances or equipment,give written notice to the Director containing full particulars of the alteration. |