Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 7

Agent

(1) A person who—

   (a)  is the certificated owner of a local vessel; or

   (b)  is a person applying for certification as the owner in relation to a
        local vessel, may appoint another person as his agent for the purposes
        of this Regulation.

(2) A person may be appointed as an agent only if the person—

   (a)  is a person referred to in section 12(1)(a) or (b) of the Ordinance;
        and

   (b)  has a shore address in Hong Kong.

(3) A person ("principal") shall, before having another person act for him as
his agent for the purposes of this Regulation—

   (a)  deliver to the Director—

        (i)    a notice of appointment signed by the principal and the agent
               which shall, if the agent is an individual, contain a
               declaration made by the agent that the agent is ordinarily
               resident in Hong Kong; and

        (ii)   the document of identification of the agent or a certified copy
               of it; and

   (b)  if the principal is the certificated owner of the vessel, produce to
        the Director the certificate of ownership and pay the prescribed fee.

(4) The notice of appointment shall contain—

   (a)  if the principal is the certificated owner of the vessel, the
        certificate of ownership number;

   (b)  if the principal is a person applying for certification as the owner,
        the particulars of the application;

   (c)  the name of the vessel, if any, specified under section 40(5);

   (d)  the name of the principal;

   (e)  the name, shore address in Hong Kong and telephone number of the
        agent;

   (f)  a statement by the principal that he appoints the agent for the
        purposes of this Regulation; and

   (g)  the agent's consent to act as agent for the principal and to perform
        all functions (including the assumption of all obligations) as such
        agent under this Regulation.

(5) The Director shall endorse the particulars of the agent on the
certificate of ownership that is produced under subsection (3)(b).

(6) In the case of the principal being a person applying for certification as
the owner, the Director shall endorse the particulars of the agent on the
certificate of ownership when it is issued or endorsed under section 10, 23 or
26 (including, in the case of section 23, that section as applied by section
29).

(7) The particulars of an agent to be endorsed on a certificate of  ownership
are the name and address of the agent, and the number appearing on the
document of identification of the agent.