Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 29

Certificate of ownership, full licence, etc. in favour of person to whom personal representative has transferred the local vessel

(1) If, after the grant of representation of the estate of the deceased owner
of a local vessel, the personal representative of the estate transfers the
ownership of the vessel to any person, then subject to this section—

   (a)  sections 22 and 23 apply to the transfer as if references in those
        sections to the original owner and new owner of the vessel were
        references to the personal representative of the estate and the person
        to whom the vessel is transferred respectively; and

   (b)  a certificate of ownership and a full licence, temporary  licence or
        permission for a laid-up vessel, in which the person to whom the
        vessel is transferred is named as the owner, may be issued, endorsed,
        or granted in respect of the vessel accordingly.

(2) The personal representative of the estate of the deceased owner shall be
taken to have contravened section 22 (as applied by subsection

(1) of this section) unless he delivers to the Director a certified copy of
the probate or letters of administration in respect of the estate at the time
he delivers his copy of the notice of transfer of ownership in respect of the
vessel in compliance with section 22 (so applied).

(3) The requirements in section 22(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) (as applied by
subsection (1) of this section) for delivery of the certificate of  ownership
and the full licence, temporary licence or permission for a  laid-up vessel
shall—

   (a)  if the personal representative or the person to whom the vessel is
        transferred is named as the interim owner of the vessel under section 
        26 , be read as a requirement for the personal representative or the
        person

(as the case may be) to deliver to the Director the certificate of  ownership
and the full licence, temporary licence or permission for a  laid-up vessel
issued, endorsed, or granted in respect of the vessel under section 26 at the
time he delivers his copy of the notice of transfer of ownership in respect of
the vessel in compliance with section 22 (as applied by subsection (1) of this
section); or

   (b)  if paragraph (a) does not apply, be treated as if they were omitted.

(4) On receipt of the certificate and the licence or permission delivered
under subsection (3), the Director—

   (a)  shall cancel the certificate; and

   (b)  shall cancel the licence or revoke the permission unless it is
        endorsed under section 23(1)(b)(i) (as applied by subsection (1) of
        this section).