Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) - SECT 2

Interpretation

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2

(1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- "cargo craft"
(貨輪) means cargo craft as defined in the HSC Code; "GRT"
(總註冊噸位), in relation to a ship, means its gross register tonnage and
the gross tonnage of a ship having alternative gross tonnages shall be taken
to be the larger of those tonnages; "high-speed craft" (高速船) means
high-speed craft as defined in the HSC Code; "HSC Code"
(《高速船安全守則》) means the International Code of Safety for
High-Speed Craft adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International
Maritime Organization by resolution MSC.36(63), as that Code is amended by
that Organization from time to time; "licence" (執照) means a licence issued
under Part V; "Merchant Shipping Acts" (《商船法令》) means the Merchant
Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979 of the United Kingdom and any regulations made
thereunder; "passenger craft" (客輪) means passenger craft as defined in the
HSC Code; "passenger ship" (客船) means a ship carrying more than 12
passengers; "principal Act" (主體法令) means the Merchant Shipping Act
1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.); "registered power" (註冊動力), in relation to a
ship, means the brake or shaft power specified in the ship's certificate of
registry; "repealed Regulations" (已廢除規例) means the
Merchant Shipping (Certification  of Officers) Regulations ( Cap 281 sub.
leg.) repealed by the Ordinance, and includes the
Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations ( Cap 281 sub. leg.)
repealed by regulation 19 of those Regulations; "river trade" (內河航行)
means navigation and the carrying out of marine operations within river trade
limits; "service endorsement" (服務資歷認可證明) means a
service endorsement endorsed on a certificate of competency by the Authority
under section 6(8); "tons" (噸) and "tonnage" (噸位) mean tons and tonnage
as calculated in accordance with the
Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Tonnage) Regulations ( Cap 415 sub. leg.).

(2) In this Regulation, references to a certificate or licence of a particular
class are references to a certificate or licence of that class as specified in
Parts II, III and V.

(3) In this Regulation, in references to "a class appropriate to the station",
the class appropriate to a particular station shall be determined according to
the following list- Appropriate class Station Deck Department- Class 1 Master
Class 2 Chief Mate Class 3 Second Mate Engineering Department- Class 1 Chief
Engineer Class 2 Second Engineer Class 3 Third Engineer: Provided that-

   (a)  nothing in this Regulation shall prohibit an officer who holds a
        certificate of a particular class from manning a station lower in the
        list in his department than that appropriate to that class;

   (b)  in the case of a ship referred to in item 5 of Table A, or in item
        2(b) of Table B, in section 13(1)-

        (i)    a holder of a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer
               Officer) Class 2 with a service endorsement may man a station
               as Chief Engineer; and

        (ii)   a holder of a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer
               Officer) Class 3 may man a station as Second Engineer; and

   (c)  no class of certificate relating to river trade shall be an
        appropriate class to man any station in a sea-going ship. (23 of 1998
        s. 2) (Enacted 1995) "cargo craft" (貨輪) means cargo craft as
        defined in the HSC Code; "GRT" (總註冊噸位), in relation to a
        ship, means its gross register tonnage and the gross tonnage of a ship
        having alternative gross tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of
        those tonnages; "high-speed craft" (高速船) means high-speed craft
        as defined in the HSC Code; "HSC Code" (《高速船安全守則》)
        means the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft adopted by
        the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime
        Organization by resolution MSC.36(63), as that Code is amended by that
        Organization from time to time; "licence" (執照) means a licence
        issued under Part V; "Merchant Shipping Acts" (《商船法令》)
        means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979 of the United Kingdom
        and any regulations made thereunder; "passenger craft" (客輪) means
        passenger craft as defined in the HSC Code; "passenger ship" (客船)
        means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers; "principal Act"
        (主體法令) means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.);
        "registered power" (註冊動力), in relation to a ship, means the
        brake or shaft power specified in the ship's certificate of registry;
        "repealed Regulations" (已廢除規例) means the
        Merchant Shipping (Certification  of Officers) Regulations ( Cap 281
        sub. leg.) repealed by the Ordinance, and includes the
        Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations ( Cap 281
        sub. leg.) repealed by regulation 19 of those Regulations; "river
        trade" (內河航行) means navigation and the carrying out of marine
        operations within river trade limits; "service endorsement"
        (服務資歷認可證明) means a service endorsement endorsed on a
        certificate of competency by the Authority under section 6(8); "tons"
        (噸) and "tonnage" (噸位) mean tons and tonnage as calculated in
        accordance with the
        Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Tonnage) Regulations ( Cap 415 sub.
        leg.).