Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8

Fees for issue of certificates of survey, etc.

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where for any purpose any officer of the Marine Department is required to
issue any certificate of survey, permit, approval, or document of authority,
consequent upon or pertaining to the carrying out of any service specified in
Part II of the Schedule, there shall be payable a fee of $565, unless-

   (a)  the issue is specified in that Part to be included in the service in
        question;

   (b)  a fee for the issue is specified in that Part; or

   (c)  the issue is that of a certificate for a ship in respect of which a
        service relevant to the issue of the certificate has been rendered by
        an organization approved under section 8(1) of the Merchant Shipping 
        (Safety) Ordinance ( Cap 369). (L.N. 352 of 1983; L.N. 120 of 1985;
        L.N. 310 of 1989; L.N. 247 of 1992; L.N. 333 of 1993; L.N. 334 of
        1994; L.N. 270 of 1995; L.N. 90 of 1999 and 44 of 1999 s. 24)

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (3), where for any purpose any
officer of the Marine Department is required to issue any copy of, or to make
any alteration in, any certificate of survey, permit, approval, or document of
authority, in respect of which the original thereof was issued consequent upon
or pertaining to the carrying out of any service specified in Part II of the
Schedule, whether such copy is required to be issued or such alteration made
at the time of the issue of the original or not, there shall be payable-

   (a)  a fee of $565 for each copy or alteration where no fee for the issue
        of the original is specified in Part II of the Schedule or the issue
        of the original is declared in that Part to be included in the
        service; and (L.N. 247 of 1992; L.N. 333 of 1993; L.N. 334 of 1994;
        L.N. 270 of 1995)

   (b)  a fee equal to the amount of the fee specified in Part II of the
        Schedule in any case in which a fee is specified therein for the issue
        of the original.

(3) No fee shall be payable for the issue of the duplicate of any certificate
of survey, permit, approval, or document of authority, in any case in which it
is declared in Part II of the Schedule that such certificate, permit,
approval, or document of authority, shall be issued in duplicate.

(4) Where for any purpose any officer of the Marine Department is required to
issue any copy of, or make any alteration in, any licence, permit,
certificate, or document of authority, issued in respect of or pertaining to
any service specified in the Schedule, other than in Part II thereof, no fee
shall be payable for the issue of such copy, or the making of such alteration,
unless a fee therefor is so specified in which case such fee shall be payable.

(5) Where the Director consents at the request of an applicant to supply a
copy of, or to make any alteration to, any licence, permit, certificate,
document or plan referred to in these regulations, there shall be payable, in
addition to the fees prescribed for such services therein, a handling charge
of such reasonable sum in respect of such service as the Director may agree
with the applicant therefor, having regard to the nature and extent of the
work involved. (L.N. 352 of 1983)