Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 51

Issue of load line certificate

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where a ship registered in Hong Kong has been surveyed and marked in
accordance with the load line regulations, an International Load  Line
Certificate shall be issued to the owner, agent or master of the ship on his
application.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), any certificate required by subsection (1) of
this section to be issued-

   (a)  shall be issued by the Director or by a person authorized by the
        Director; and (Amended 56 of 1990 s. 4)

   (b)  shall be in such form, and shall be issued in such manner, as may be
        prescribed by the load line regulations.

(3) The Director may request a Contracting Government to issue an
International Load Line Certificate in respect of any ship to which this Part
applies which is a ship registered in Hong Kong; and the following provisions
of this Part shall have effect in relation to such a certificate so issued,
which contains a statement that it has been issued at the request of the
Government of Hong Kong, as they have effect in relation to any International
Load Line Certificate issued by the Director. (Amended 6 of 2000 s. 13)