Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (FEES AND CHARGES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Fees for issue of certificates of survey, etc.

(1) Where for any purpose any officer of the Marine Department is required to
issue any certificate of survey, permit, approval, or document of authority,
consequent upon or pertaining to the carrying out of any service specified in
Part 2 of the Schedule except where the issue thereof is declared in that Part
to be included in the service in question or where a fee for the issue thereof
is specified in that Part, there shall be payable a fee of $565. (L.N. 250 of
1992; L.N. 336 of 1993; L.N. 337 of 1994; L.N. 274 of 1995)

(2) Subject to subregulation (3), where for any purpose any officer of the
Marine Department is required to issue any copy of, or to make any alteration
in, any certificate of survey, permit, approval, or document of authority, in
respect of which the original thereof was issued consequent upon or pertaining
to the carrying out of any service specified in Part 2 of the Schedule,
whether such copy is required to be issued or such alteration made at the time
of the issue of the original or not, there shall be payable-

   (a)  where no fee for the issue of the original is specified in Part 2 of
        the Schedule or the issue of the original is declared in that Part to
        be included in the service, a fee of $565 for each copy or alteration;
        and (L.N. 250 of 1992; L.N. 336 of 1993; L.N. 337 of 1994; L.N. 274 of
        1995)

   (b)  a fee equal to the amount of the fee specified in Part 2 of the
        Schedule in any case in which a fee is specified therein for the issue
        of the original.

(3) No fee shall be payable for the issue of the duplicate of any certificate
of survey, permit, approval, or document of authority, in any case in which it
is declared in Part 2 of the Schedule that such certificate, permit, approval
or document of authority, shall be issued in duplicate.

(4) Where for any purpose any officer of the Marine Department is required to
issue any copy of, or make any alteration in, any licence, permit, certificate
or document of authority, issued in respect of or pertaining to any service
specified in the Schedule, other than in Part 2 thereof, no fee shall be
payable for the issue of such copy, or the making of such alteration, unless a
fee therefor is so specified in which case such fee shall be payable.

(5) Where the Director consents at the request of any applicant to supply a
copy of, or to make any alteration to, any licence, permit, certificate,
document or plan referred to in these regulations, there shall be payable, in
addition to the fees prescribed for such services therein, a handling charge
of such reasonable sum in respect of such service as the Director may agree
with the applicant therefor, having regard to the nature and extent of the
work involved. (Enacted 1990)