Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 57

Valid Convention certificates

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Ships not registered in Hong Kong

(1) This section applies to any ship not registered in Hong Kong, which-

   (a)  is registered in a Convention country or, not being registered in any
        such country or elsewhere, flies the flag of a Convention country; and

   (b)  is either an existing ship of not less than 150 tons gross tonnage or
        a new ship of not less than 24 metres in length.

(2) The Director may, at the request of the government of the parent country
of a ship to which this section applies, issue in respect of the ship a
certificate in such form as may be prescribed by the load  line regulations,
if he is satisfied that he could properly issue a certificate in respect of
the ship under section 51 if the ship were registered in Hong Kong.

(3) Certificates issued as mentioned in subsection (2) shall be
included among the certificates to be called "International Load Line
Certificates". (Amended 6 of 2000 s. 15)