Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 31

Issue of certificate at request of Director

(1) The Director may request the government of a country to which the
Convention applies to issue in respect of a ship registered in Hong Kong any
certificate the issue of which is authorized under this Ordinance; and a
certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and containing a statement
that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purposes of this Part as
if it had been issued by the Director and not by the government of that
country.

(2) Where a government is willing to issue, pursuant to a request under
subsection (1), a qualified certificate in respect of a ship but is not
willing to issue the corresponding exemption certificate, the Director may
issue that exemption certificate in respect of the ship.