Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE - SECT 7A

Recognition of government authority

(1) The Director may recognize in writing any government authority for the
purposes of carrying out any survey and approving any plan of any local vessel
for the purposes of this Ordinance subject to such conditions, if any, as the
Director thinks fit.

(2) In considering the conditions (if any) to be imposed under subsection (1),
the Director shall have regard to all relevant considerations, including but
not limited to the experience and the competency of the government authority
in carrying out the surveys and approving the plans of the local vessel.

(3) Where the Director is satisfied that a recognized government authority has
contravened any of the conditions imposed under subsection

(1), he may serve a notice in writing on the authority withdrawing the
recognition and setting out the reasons for such withdrawal.

(4) The Director may carry out an audit check of any survey carried out or any
plan approved by a recognized government authority for the purposes of this
Ordinance. (Added 24 of 2005 s. 5)