Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 37

Notification of change of particulars in certificate of ownership

(1) The owner of a local vessel and his agent (if any) shall within 7
working days after any change in the particulars specified in the
certificate of ownership under section 11 —

   (a)  notify the Director in writing of the change;

   (b)  provide the Director with all such information as may be necessary for
        enabling him to verify the change so notified;

   (c)  deliver to the Director—

        (i)    the certificate of ownership; and

        (ii)   a full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up 
               vessel, if its amendment is necessary for reflecting the change
               so notified; and

   (d)  pay the prescribed fee in respect of the notice of change. The
        Director shall amend the certificate of ownership and (if necessary) a
        full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel, or
        issue or grant new ones for replacement, to reflect the change so
        notified.

(2) Where subsection (1) is contravened without reasonable excuse, the owner
of the local vessel and his agent each commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 2.

(3) This section does not apply to a change in respect of which notice is
required to be given to the Director under section 7, 8, 22 or 25 (including,
in the case of section 22, that section as applied by section 29).