Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (DANGEROUS GOODS AND MARINE POLLUTANTS) REGULATION - SECT 9

Packing certificates

(1) Where packaged goods have been packed into a freight container or into or
onto a vehicle, the person responsible for packing such goods therein shall
furnish the shipowner or master of the ship with a signed packing certificate
in accordance with the requirements of the IMDG Code. Such a certificate may
be combined with the document referred to in section 8(5).

(2) A person responsible for packing such goods who fails to furnish the owner
or the master of the ship with a signed packing certificate commits an
offence.

(3) A shipowner or his agent or the master shall not take on board a ship any
freight container or vehicle with such goods in it without a signed packing
certificate unless he has satisfied himself otherwise that the freight
container or vehicle has been packed in accordance with the IMDG Code.

(4) A shipowner or his agent or a master who fails to comply with subsection
(3) commits an offence. (Enacted 1994)