Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Issue for cargo ships of radio certificates and exemption certificates

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If the Director, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a
ship registered in Hong Kong not being a passenger ship, is satisfied that the
ship complies with the radio regulations and the
navigational equipment regulations applicable to the ship and to such
international 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
cargo ship safety radio certificate showing that the ship complies with such
of the requirements of the Convention relating to radio installations and
shipborne navigational equipment as are applicable.

(2) If the Director, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a
ship to which subsection (1) applies, is satisfied-

   (a)  that the ship is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by him of a power
        in that behalf conferred on him by this Ordinance or conferred on him
        by the regulations in question, from any of the requirements of the
        radio regulations or the navigational equipment regulations applicable
        to the ship and to such international voyages as it is to be engaged
        on; and

   (b)  that it complies with the rest of the requirements of those
        regulations, he shall, on the application of the owner, agent or
        master, issue in respect of the ship-

        (i)    an exemption certificate stating which of the requirements of
               the Convention relating to radio installations and shipborne
               navigational equipment, being requirements applicable as
               aforesaid, the ship is exempt from, and that the exemption is
               conditional on the ship's plying only on the voyages and
               complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the
               certificate; and

        (ii)   a qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate showing that
               the ship complies with the rest of those requirements.

(3) Where any ship registered in Hong Kong is wholly exempt from the
requirements of the radio regulations and the navigational equipment 
regulations, the Director shall, on the application of the owner, agent or
master, issue an exemption certificate stating that the ship is wholly exempt
from the requirements of the Convention relating to radio installations and
shipborne navigational equipment and specifying the voyages on which, and
conditions (if any) on which, the ship is so exempt. (Amended 6 of 2000 s. 3)