Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Application

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance or in regulations made
thereunder, this Ordinance shall apply to all ships except- (Amended 56 of
1989 s. 3)

   (a)  ships of war;

   (b)  fishing vessels;

   (c)  pleasure vessels; and

   (d)  local vessels within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping 
        (Local Vessels) Ordinance ( Cap 548) except a local vessel referred to
        in section 3(4) of that Ordinance. (Replaced 43 of 1999 s. 91)