Hong Kong Regulations

PORT CONTROL (CARGO WORKING AREAS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Movement of vessels or vehicles

(1) Without prejudice to any other provision of these regulations, a
supervisor may require the person in charge of a vessel, or the driver of a
vehicle, in a public cargo working area or public water-front to move the
vessel or vehicle from one place within the public cargo working area or
public water-front to another. (L.N. 332 of 1982)

(2) The person in charge of a vessel, or the driver of a vehicle, in a public
cargo working area or public water-front shall at all reasonable times attend
at the place where the vessel is berthed or the vehicle is parked or kept
waiting: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where a vessel is
berthed or a vehicle is parked at a place set aside by the Director in which
vessels may be berthed or vehicles may be parked unattended.

(3) If the person in charge of a vessel or the driver of a vehicle-

   (a)  fails to move his vessel or vehicle in accordance with a requirement
        under paragraph (1); or

   (b)  is not in attendance in accordance with paragraph (2), he shall be
        guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
        $5000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 332 of 1982)

(4) Where a supervisor has reason to believe that an offence has been
committed under paragraph (3) he may, with the assistance of any other person,
move the vessel or vehicle referred to in that paragraph from one place in the
public cargo working area or public water-front to another. (L.N. 332 of 1982)