Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) (COMPULSORY INSURANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Recognition of certificates

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), certificates for ships registered in any country
which is not a Liability Convention country shall be recognized for the
purposes of section 15(4)(c) of the Ordinance if issued by or under the
authority of the government of any of the following countries, namely-
Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Netherlands, Norway,
Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

(2) Where a ship such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) is engaged on a Hong
Kong voyage, a certificate relating to that ship shall not, by virtue of that
paragraph, be recognized for the purposes of section 15(4)(c) of the Ordinance
unless the certificate has, and is expressed to have, as the period of its
validity a period ending not earlier than the completion of that Hong Kong
voyage.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), "Hong Kong voyage" (香港航程) means
any voyage by a ship-

   (a)  from a place in Hong Kong to another place in Hong Kong; or

   (b)  from a place outside Hong Kong to a place in Hong Kong; or

   (c)  from a place in Hong Kong to a place outside Hong Kong, and the
        reference to the duration of such a voyage shall be taken as
        comprising the whole of any period during which the ship is engaged in
        that voyage, including any time during which, in connection with the
        voyage, it is in a place in Hong Kong. (38 of 1990 s. 32(1)) (L.N. 73
        of 1977; 38 of 1990 s. 32(1)) "Hong Kong voyage" (香港航程)