Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (FEES AND CHARGES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Annual tonnage charges

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) There shall be payable in respect of a registered ship, in addition to any
fees payable in respect of the ship under regulation 3, the annual tonnage
charge as provided under subregulation (2), (2A) or

(2C). (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(2) Subject to subregulation (2A), the annual tonnage charge specified in Part
3 of the Schedule shall be payable in respect of each year of registration of
the ship commencing on the date of registration and on each anniversary of
that date thereafter. (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(2A) Subject to subregulations (2B) and (2C), if—

   (a)  the ship is a registered ship for 2 consecutive years immediately
        before an anniversary of the date of registration;

   (b)  the ship has not been detained at any time during those 2 years; and

   (c)  the specified annual tonnage charge is payable in respect of the year
        of registration of the ship immediately before the anniversary, the
        specified annual tonnage charge, as reduced by half, shall be payable
        in respect of the year of registration of the ship commencing on the
        anniversary. (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(2B) Subregulation (2A) does not apply if—

   (a)  the ship is a registered ship before 1 February 2006; and

   (b)  the anniversary is the first or second anniversary of the date of
        registration after 1 February 2006. (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(2C) If—

   (a)  a ship is a registered ship before 1 February 2006; and

   (b)  the ship has not been detained at any time during the period that
        begins on 1 February 2006 and expires at the end of the date
        immediately before the second anniversary of the date of registration
        after 1 February 2006, the specified annual tonnage charge, as reduced
        by an amount equal to such percentage of the charge as calculated in
        accordance with subregulation

(2D), shall be payable in respect of the year of registration commencing on
that second anniversary. (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(2D) The percentage is calculated by using the following formula, with the
result rounded up to the nearest percentage—

(365＋D) 1 365 X 2
X 2
X 100 where D represents the number of days within the period that begins on 1
February 2006 and expires at the end of the date immediately before the first
anniversary of the date of registration after 1 February 2006. (L.N. 200 of
2005)

(2E) For the purposes of subregulations (2A)(b) and (2C)(b), if the
International Maritime Organization is informed, pursuant to paragraph 5.2.1
of International Maritime Organization Assembly Resolution A. 787(19), of any
remedial action taken in respect of the detention of a ship that takes place
at a particular time, the ship is detained at that particular time. (L.N. 200
of 2005)

(3) There shall be payable in respect of a provisionally registered ship, in
addition to any fees payable in respect of the ship under regulation 3, 1/12
of the specified annual tonnage charge in respect of a registered ship. (L.N.
200 of 2005)

(4) The tonnage charge payable under subregulation (3) is payable in respect
of each period of 1 month of provisional registration, commencing on the date
of provisional registration. (L.N. 200 of 2005)

(5) The annual tonnage charge in respect of a ship is not refundable unless it
has been improperly collected.

(6) In this regulation— “specified annual tonnage charge”
(指明噸位年費) means the annual tonnage charge specified in item 1 of
Part 3 of the Schedule. (L.N. 200 of 2005) (Enacted 1990) “specified annual
tonnage charge” (指明噸位年費)