Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION - SECT 17

Additional fees for surveys or re-inspections outside office hours

(1) If the survey referred to in section 12, 13 or 14, or the re-inspection
referred to in section 15, or part of the survey or re-inspection, is carried
out (whether within Hong Kong or not) by a specified officer outside
office hours, there shall be payable, in addition to the fee prescribed under
that section—

   (a)  subject to paragraph (c), if the day of service is a weekday

(other than a Saturday)—

        (i)    for each hour of the service period of each officer for the
               survey or re-inspection or that part between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30
               a.m. or between 5:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., a fee of $1115; and

        (ii)   for each hour of the service period of each officer for the
               survey or re-inspection or that part before 6:30 a.m. or after
               7:45 p.m., a fee of $2215;

   (b)  if the day of service is a Saturday or Sunday, for each hour of the
        service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection or that
        part, a fee of $3270;

   (c)  if the day of service falls on a calendar day that is a general
        holiday (other than a Saturday or Sunday) in Hong Kong, for each hour
        of the service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection
        or that part, a fee of $3270.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a survey or re-inspection, or
part of a survey or re-inspection, is carried out outside Hong Kong, a
reference to any time or date in that subsection

(except the reference to general holiday in subsection (1)(c)) is the time or
date according to the local time in the place where the survey or
re-inspection, or that part, is carried out.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the application for the survey or
re-inspection was made to the Director at least 3 days before the survey or
re-inspection, or part of the survey or re-inspection, is carried out, but the
Director has caused the survey or re-inspection or that part to be carried out
outside office hours.