Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION - SECT 13

Fees for surveys for issue of survey records of safety equipment, Hong Kong load line certificates, freeboard assignment certificates and declarations of fitness

(1) Subject to sections 16 and 17, the fee to be paid under section 57(1) of
the Survey Regulation is—

   (a)  in the case of an application for survey, for the purposes of the
        issue of a survey record of safety equipment, of a local vessel of a
        type described in column 2 of Part 4 of Schedule 3—

        (i)    where the survey record is valid for not more than 3 months—
               (A) for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the
               survey, 1/2 of the fee specified in column 3 of that Part
               opposite the type of vessel; and (B) for each subsequent
               relevant visit to the vessel for the survey, 1/8 of the fee
               specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of vessel;

        (ii)   where the survey record is valid for more than 3 months— (A)
               for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the survey,
               the fee specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of
               vessel; and (B) for each subsequent relevant visit to the
               vessel for the survey, 1/4 of the fee specified in column 3 of
               that Part opposite the type of vessel;

   (b)  in the case of an application for survey, for the purposes of the
        issue of a Hong Kong load line certificate, of a local vessel of a
        type described in column 2 of Part 5 of Schedule 3—

        (i)    where the certificate is valid for not more than 3 months—
               (A) for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the
               survey, 1/2 of the fee specified in column 3 of that Part
               opposite the type of vessel; and (B) for each subsequent
               relevant visit to the vessel for the survey, 1/8 of the fee
               specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of vessel;

        (ii)   where the certificate is valid for more than 3 months— (A)
               for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the survey,
               the fee specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of
               vessel; and (B) for each subsequent relevant visit to the
               vessel for the survey, 1/4 of the fee specified in column 3 of
               that Part opposite the type of vessel;

   (c)  in the case of an application for survey, for the purposes of the
        issue of a freeboard assignment certificate, of a local vessel of a
        type described in column 2 of Part 6 of Schedule 3—

        (i)    where the certificate is valid for not more than 3 months—
               (A) for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the
               survey, 1/2 of the fee specified in column 3 of that Part
               opposite the type of vessel; and (B) for each subsequent
               relevant visit to the vessel for the survey, 1/8 of the fee
               specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of vessel;

        (ii)   where the certificate is valid for more than 3 months— (A)
               for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for the survey,
               the fee specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of
               vessel; and (B) for each subsequent relevant visit to the
               vessel for the survey, 1/4 of the fee specified in column 3 of
               that Part opposite the type of vessel;

   (d)  in the case of an application for survey, for the purposes of the
        issue of a declaration of fitness, of a local vessel of a type
        described in column 2 of Part 7 of Schedule 3—

        (i)    where the declaration of fitness is valid for not more than 3
               months— (A) for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for
               the survey, 1/2 of the fee specified in column 3 of that Part
               opposite the type of vessel; and (B) for each subsequent
               relevant visit to the vessel for the survey, 1/8 of the fee
               specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the type of vessel;

        (ii)   where the declaration of fitness is valid for more than 3
               months— (A) for the first 3 relevant visits to the vessel for
               the survey, the fee specified in column 3 of that Part opposite
               the type of vessel; and (B) for each subsequent relevant visit
               to the vessel for the survey, 1/4 of the fee specified in
               column 3 of that Part opposite the type of vessel.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), each visit by each specified officer
to a local vessel for the purposes of a survey is counted as one relevant
visit to the vessel for the survey.