Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (HEALTH AND SAFETY: GENERAL DUTIES) REGULATION - SECT 11

Inspection and detention of Hong Kong ships

(1) The Authority, or a person authorized by him for the purposes of this
section, may inspect a ship for the purpose of ascertaining whether it
complies with the requirements of this Regulation which apply to the ship.

(2) Where the Authority or a person referred to in subsection (1) has carried
out an inspection of a ship pursuant to that subsection and is not satisfied
that the ship complies with the requirements of this Regulation which apply to
the ship, then the Authority or that person, as the case may be, may, if that
ship is within the waters of Hong Kong, detain that ship until the Authority
or that person, as the case may be, is satisfied that the ship complies with
those requirements.

(3) The Authority and a person referred to in subsection (1) shall not in the
exercise of his powers under this section unreasonably delay or detain a ship.
(Enacted 1995)