Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION - SECT 37

Additional fees for services outside office hours

(1) If a service, or part of a service, 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 section 36—

   (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
               service 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
               service 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 service 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 service or that part, a
        fee of $3270.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a service, or part of a service,
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 service,
or that part, is carried out.

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