Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 49

Additional certificates required for coxswains and engine operators of dynamically supported craft

(1) A Class I vessel that is a dynamically supported craft shall not be
underway in the waters of Hong Kong unless there is—

   (a)  on board and in charge thereof a person who, in addition to holding
        any other appropriate local certificate of competency as a coxswain,
        holds a local certificate of competency issued under the Local
        Certificate of Competency Rules and known as a Type Rating
        Certificate; and

   (b)  on board a person in charge of the engines who, in addition to holding
        any other appropriate local certificate of competency as an engine
        operator, holds a local certificate of competency issued under the
        Local Certificate of Competency Rules and known as a Type Rating
        Certificate.

(2) If subsection (1) is contravened, the owner and the coxswain of the vessel
each commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and
imprisonment for 6 months.