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[接上页] (2) The Director shall, upon receipt of plans and specifications for the construction of a Class VIII vessel under regulation 47C- (a) consult with the appropriate authority for the licensing of the vessel as a restaurant under the Food Business Regulation (Cap 132 sub. leg.), with a view to ensuring that the plans and specifications in so far as they relate to the proposed restaurant conform to the standards and specifications required by the authority for the approval of restaurant plans under section 33 of the Food Business Regulation (Cap 132 sub. leg.); and (b) where the appropriate authority is satisfied that the plans and specifications so conform, cause the plans and specifications, if approved by the Director under regulation 47C, to be endorsed by the appropriate authority and by him to that effect,but no endorsement under this paragraph shall derogate from or affect any power, duty or discretion conferred or imposed on the appropriate authority by the Food Business Regulation (Cap 132 sub. leg.). (L.N. 386 of 1993; 78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 273 of 1983; 10 of 1986 s. 32) Cap 313F reg 47L Number of persons permitted (1) The Director shall specify as a condition of every licence in respect of a Class VIII vessel the maximum number of persons, excluding persons employed on board, that may be accommodated at any one time on the vessel. (2) If the condition referred to in paragraph (1) is contravened, the licensee and the person for the time being in charge of the Class VIII vessel commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of $5000. (L.N. 273 of 1983) Cap 313F reg 48A Vessels required to carry certificated masters and engineers PART VA LOCAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY (1) No vessel equipped with mechanical means of propulsion shall be under way in the waters of Hong Kong unless there is on board- (a) a person in charge thereof who is the holder of an appropriate and valid local certificate of competency as master; and (b) in addition to such person, a person in charge of the machinery who is the holder of an appropriate and valid local certificate of competency as engineer:Provided that where a Government surveyor, having regard to the size and speed of the vessel, the power of the machinery and the location of the controls, certifies that such vessel can be properly controlled by one person it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this regulation if the person in charge of the vessel is the holder of both a valid local certificate of competency as master and a valid local certificate of competency as engineer. (2) Any person while in charge of a vessel and any person while in charge of the machinery thereof shall carry with him in the vessel his local certificate of competency. (3) If any provision of this regulation is contravened, the owner of the vessel in question, whether he was on board the vessel at the time of the contravention or not, and the person having charge of the vessel at such time shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10000. (L.N. 258 of 1974) (L.N. 33 of 1970) Cap 313F reg 48B Issue of local certificates of competency (1) The Director may issue local certificates of competency as master or engineer in accordance with the provisions of this regulation. (2) Every application for a local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall be made on a form to be obtained from the Marine Department and shall be accompanied by- (a) 3 identical photographs of passport size of the applicant; and (b) the prescribed fee (if any).(3) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not be issued- (a) in relation to a fishing vessel, to a person who is under 18 years of age; or (b) in relation to any other vessel, to a person who is under 21 years of age.(4) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not be issued to any person in relation to a vessel, other than a fishing vessel, unless that person has served in the manner provided by paragraph (5) on a vessel equipped with mechanical means of propulsion for not less than 3 years. (5) For the purpose of paragraph (4) an applicant for examination for a local certificate of competency- (a) as a master, shall have served as a deck hand; and (b) as an engineer, shall have served in such capacity in relation to the machinery as the Director considers likely to provide adequate practical mechanical experience.(6) Before issuing a local certificate of competency as master or engineer the Director may require the applicant therefor to satisfy him by examination in such other manner, and in such other subjects or matters, as the Director may determine, as to his competency to be a master or engineer, as the case may be. (7) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall be issued in the appropriate form prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule: Provided that the Director may modify the form of any local certificate of competency issued in relation to a fishing vessel in such manner as he may consider appropriate. |