Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY SEWAGE) REGULATION - SECT 3

Application and exemption

(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Regulation applies to a ship
that-

   (a)  is engaged in international voyages;

   (b)  is of 400 gross tonnage or above, or is of less than 400 gross tonnage
        but is certified to carry more than 15 persons; and

   (c)  is-

        (i)    a Hong Kong ship wherever it may be; or

        (ii)   a non-Hong Kong ship within the waters of Hong Kong.

(2) This Regulation does not apply to a ship-

   (a)  the building contract for which is placed before 27 September 2003, or
        in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid, or
        which is at a similar stage of construction, before 27 September 2003;
        and

   (b)  the delivery of which is before 27 September 2006.

(3) This Regulation does not apply to-

   (a)  warships;

   (b)  naval auxiliaries; and

   (c)  other ships owned or operated by a government and used only on
        government non-commercial service.

(4) The Director may exempt any ship or class or description of ships from any
of the requirements of this Regulation on such conditions as he may specify
and he may, subject to giving reasons, alter or cancel any exemption so
granted.

(5) Subsection (2) expires at midnight on 26 September 2008.