Hong Kong Regulations

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

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

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;

"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;

"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"repealed Regulations" (已廢除規例) means the Merchant Shipping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 repealed by the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repealed by regulation 19 of those Regulations;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.). (L.N. 105 of 1998)

(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;

"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;

"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.).