Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (SAFE MOVEMENT ON BOARD SHIP) REGULATION - SECT 3

Application

(1) Subject to subsection (2)-

   (a)  this Regulation, except section 15, shall apply to a Hong Kong ship in
        which a seafarer is employed under a crew agreement; and

   (b)  subsection (3) and sections 2 and 15 shall apply to a ship-

        (i)    which is not a Hong Kong ship;

        (ii)   while it is within the waters of Hong Kong; and

        (iii)  if it has entered those waters in the normal course of business
               or for operational reasons.

(2) This Regulation shall not apply to-

   (a)  fishing vessels;

   (b)  pleasure vessels;

   (c)  ships authorized by virtue of a passenger certificate and general
        safety certificate issued under Part II of the Merchant Shipping 
        (Safety) Ordinance ( Cap 369) to carry passengers within river trade
        limits; or

   (d)  ships on which there is for the time being no master or crew or
        watchman.

(3) The Authority may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of
this Regulation for classes of cases or individual cases on such conditions,
if any, as he thinks fit and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter
or cancel any such exemption. (Enacted 1995)