Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE - SECT 25

Power to give directions by notice in the Gazette

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 24, the Director may, by
notice in the Gazette, give to an owner or his agent or to a coxswain of, or
other person who appears to the Director to have control over, any vessel
belonging to a class, type or description of vessel specified in the notice
such directions as he thinks fit in respect of any matter in relation to which
the Director may give directions under that section.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) which has not been repealed, or which has
not expired, on or before the effluxion of the period of 6 months immediately
following the day on which it is published in the Gazette shall expire on the
day immediately following that period.

(3) It is hereby declared that a notice under subsection (1)-

   (a)  is subsidiary legislation;

   (b)  may be in the same terms as another notice under that subsection where
        that first-mentioned notice is to come into operation upon or after
        the expiration of that second-mentioned notice.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of section 84(5) or (6), subsections
(1), (2), (3) and (4) of that section shall not apply to a direction given in
a notice under subsection (1).