Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 20

Issue of general safety certificates, etc. on partial compliance with regulations

Where a ship complies with all the requirements of the passenger ship 
construction regulations, the life-saving appliance regulations, the
fire-fighting appliances regulations, the radio regulations and the
navigational equipment regulations applicable to the ship and to the voyages
on which it is to be engaged so far as those requirements are requirements of
the Convention applicable as aforesaid, the Director may issue in respect of
the ship a general safety certificate, short voyage  safety certificate,
cargo ship safety equipment certificate or cargo ship 
safety radio certificate, as the case may be, notwithstanding that it is
exempt from, or for some other reason does not comply with, any requirements
of those regulations which are not applicable requirements of the Convention.