Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) (FEES) REGULATION - SECT 6

Additional fees for services outside office hours

(Past version on 02/02/2007).

(1) Where a service specified in Schedule 1, or part of it, is carried out
(whether within Hong Kong or not) by a Government surveyor outside
office hours on any date, there shall be payable, in addition to the
appropriate fees payable under section 3, 4 or 5, in respect of the service,
or the part of the service, by each Government surveyor outside office hours-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (d), if that date falls on any day from Monday to
        Friday, a fee of- (L.N. 211 of 2007)

        (i)    $1115 for each hour or part of it between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30
               a.m. or between 5:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. during which the
               service, or the part of the service, by the surveyor continues;
               and

        (ii)   $2215 for each hour or part of it before 6:30 a.m. or after
               7:45 p.m. during which the service, or the part of the service,
               by the surveyor continues; (L.N. 211 of 2007)

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 211 of 2007)

   (c)  subject to paragraph (d), if that date is a Saturday or Sunday, a fee
        of $3270 for each hour or part of it during which the service, or the
        part of the service, by the surveyor continues; (L.N. 211 of 2007)

   (d)  if that date falls on a calendar day that is a general holiday in Hong
        Kong, a fee of $3270 for each hour or part of it during which the
        service, or the part of the service, by the surveyor continues.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a service, or part of it, is
carried out in a place outside Hong Kong, a reference to any time or date in
that subsection (except the reference to general holiday in subsection (1)(d))
is a reference to the time or date according to the local time in the place.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if 3 days' notice of the requirement for the
service has been given to the Director by the person requesting the service,
but the Director has caused the service to be carried out outside
office hours.