Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY SEWAGE) REGULATION - SECT 6

Director may request Convention countries to survey ships and issue or endorse certificates

(1) The Director may request any Convention country-

   (a)  to carry out a survey in respect of a Hong Kong ship on his behalf in
        conformity with Annex IV to the Convention; and

   (b)  to issue an International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate in
        respect of the ship, or to make an endorsement on the ISPP 
        Certificate issued in respect of the ship, on his behalf in conformity
        with that Annex.

(2) For the purposes of this Regulation, an endorsement made on an
ISPP Certificate by a Convention country on behalf of the Director in
conformity with Annex IV to the Convention has the same effect as an
endorsement made by the Director under section 14.