Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Interpretation

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PART II

SURVEY AND CERTIFICATES

Preliminary

(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires- "accepted Convention
certificate" (獲認可的公約證明書) means a certificate in the form
prescribed by the Convention or by the Protocol of 1978 relating to the
Convention; "cargo ship safety construction certificate"
(貨船構造安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 21(1);
"cargo ship safety equipment certificate" (貨船設備安全證明書) means
a certificate issued under section 17(1); "cargo ship safety radio
certificate" (貨船無線電安全證明書) means a certificate issued under
section 18(1); "Convention country" (公約國) means-

   (a)  a country the government of which has been declared by Her Majesty in
        Council to have accepted the Convention, and has not been so declared
        to have denounced the Convention; or

   (b)  a territory to which it has been so declared that the Convention
        extends, not being a territory to which it has been so declared that
        the Convention has ceased to extend; "Convention ship" (公約船)
        means a ship registered in a Convention country and "Convention
        passenger ship" (公約客船) shall be construed accordingly;
        "declaration of survey" (驗船聲明書) means a declaration under
        section 10 or 11; "general safety certificate" (一般安全證明書)
        means a certificate issued under section 15(1) in respect of a
        passenger ship registered in Hong Kong; "international voyage"
        (國際航程) means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in
        another country, either of those countries being a Convention 
        country; "non-international voyage" (非國際航程) means a voyage
        which begins and ends within the waters of Hong Kong, during the
        course of which the ship concerned does not call at any port outside
        Hong Kong; (Added 5 of 1993 s. 2) "passenger certificate"
        (乘客定額證明書) means a certificate issued under section  14 ;
        "qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate"
        (有限制貨船構造安全證明書) means a certificate issued
        under section 21(3)(a)(ii) or 21(3)(b); "qualified cargo ship safety
        equipment certificate" (有限制貨船設備安全證明書) means a
        certificate issued under section 17(2)(ii); "qualified cargo ship
        safety radio certificate" (有限制貨船無線電安全證明書)
        means a certificate issued under section 18(2)(ii); "qualified safety
        certificate" (有限制安全證明書) and "qualified short voyage
        safety certificate" (有限制短途航程安全證明書) mean a
        certificate issued under section  15 (2)(ii); "short international
        voyage" (短途國際航程) means an international voyage-

   (a)  in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 nautical miles from
        a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in
        safety; and

   (b)  which does not exceed 600 nautical miles in length between the last
        port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final
        port of destination; "short voyage safety certificate"
        (短途航程安全證明書) means a certificate issued under the
        proviso to section 15(1).a

(2) For the purposes of the definitions of "international voyage" (
國際航程) and "short international voyage" (短途國際航程)-

   (a)  no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from its intended
        voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances that
        neither the master nor the owner of the ship could have prevented or
        forestalled; and

   (b)  every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or other territory for
        whose international relations a government is responsible or for which
        the United Nations are the administering authority shall be deemed to
        be a separate country. "accepted Convention certificate"
        (獲認可的公約證明書) "cargo ship safety construction
        certificate" (貨船構造安全證明書) "cargo ship safety
        equipment certificate" (貨船設備安全證明書) "cargo ship
        safety radio certificate" (貨船無線電安全證明書) "Convention
        country" (公約國) "Convention ship" (公約船) and "Convention
        passenger ship" (公約客船) "declaration of survey"
        (驗船聲明書) "general safety certificate" (一般安全證明書)
        "international voyage" (國際航程) "non-international voyage"
        (非國際航程) "passenger certificate" (乘客定額證明書)
        "qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate"
        (有限制貨船構造安全證明書) "qualified cargo ship safety
        equipment certificate" (有限制貨船設備安全證明書)
        "qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate"
        (有限制貨船無線電安全證明書) "qualified safety
        certificate" (有限制安全證明書) and "qualified short voyage
        safety certificate" (有限制短途航程安全證明書) "short
        international voyage" (短途國際航程) "short voyage safety
        certificate" (短途航程安全證明書)

"international voyage" (國際航程) and "short international voyage"
(短途國際航程)