Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (HOURS OF WORK) REGULATION - SECT 5

Records

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A record of the names of all seafarers who keep watch on a ship and of
their periods of watchkeeping shall be maintained in the official log book of
the ship or in some other suitable form.

(2) If the record required by this section to be kept is kept in some form
other than the official log book, it shall be made available for inspection by
a surveyor of ships or other person authorized for the purpose by the
Authority, and shall be so made available at any time up to 6 months after the
closure of the official log book in which the record would otherwise appear.
(L.N. 102 of 1998)

(3) The record referred to in subsection (1) shall be posted on board in a
place where it is easily accessible. (L.N. 102 of 1998) (Enacted 1995)