MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER 415B

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 415 section 16)

[3 December 1990]

(L.N. 354 of 1990)



MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration) 
(Ships' Names) Regulations.
(Enacted 1990)



MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2
Approval of ships' names VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	The proposed name of a ship shall not be marked on the ship or 
entered in the register before the name is approved by the Registrar.

(2)	The Registrar shall approve the proposed name of a ship except 
where the ship cannot be registered by that name by virtue of 
subregulation (3).

(3)	The Registrar shall refuse to register a ship by its proposed 
name if the name-

        (a)	is already the name of a registered ship or is reserved under 
regulation 4, or is in the opinion of the Registrar so similar as to be 
likely to deceive; or

        (b)	is in the opinion of the Registrar undesirable for the purposes 
of registration in Hong Kong.

(4)	Where the Registrar does not approve the proposed name of a 
ship, he shall in writing notify the applicant of that fact forthwith.

(5)	In this regulation-
"applicant" (申請人) means an applicant for registration of a ship;
"proposed name" (擬用名稱), in relation to a ship, means the name proposed by 
the applicant in the application for registration as the name by which the 
ship is to be registered;
"registration" (註冊) includes provisional registration.
(Enacted 1990)
"applicant" (申請人)
"proposed name" (擬用名稱)
"registration" (註冊)


MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3
No registration in Chinese name alone VerDate:05/11/1999



The Registrar shall not register a ship by its name in Chinese alone 
unless the phonetically corresponding name in the English alphabet is also 
registered.
(Enacted 1990. 64 of 1999 s. 3)



MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4
Reservation of ships' names VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	An application to reserve a name for a ship which is intended 
to be registered in Hong Kong shall be made in the specified form by a 
qualified person who is the owner of the ship, or by a person authorized 
by such owner for the purpose.

(2)	Regulation 2 shall apply to an application under subregulation 

(1) as if the name to be reserved were the proposed name of the ship and 
the applicant were the applicant for registration of the ship.

(3)	Where the Registrar approves the name for a ship pursuant to 
subregulation (2), the name shall be reserved to the owner for a period of 
3 years from the date of such approval and the Registrar shall notify the 
applicant accordingly.
(Enacted 1990)