### Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Fees and Charges) Regulations 《商船(註冊)(費用及收費)規例》

5. Fees for services within Hong Kong
Where the issue of any certificate or clearance is dependent upon the carrying out of any survey or inspection within Hong Kong during office hour any fees prescribed by these regulations shall include the services of a surveyor together with any travelling or other expenses involved.

6. Fees for services outside Hong Kong
Where the issue of any certificate or clearance is dependent upon any survey or inspection to be undertaken outside Hong Kong by a surveyor sent from Hong Kong for that purpose, there shall be payable, in addition to the fee specified in the Schedule, the travelling and subsistence expenses of the surveyor in such reasonable sums as the Director shall determine.

7. Fees for transmission of document
Where in connection with any service specified in the Schedule or the issue of a certificate specified in the Schedule it is, in the opinion of the Director, necessary to incur expense to transmit information, plans, calculations or other documents to places outside Hong Kong by post, telegram, telex, facsimile or similar means there shall be payable in addition to the fee specified in the Schedule the expense involved.

8. Fees for services outside office hours
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), where the issue of any certificate or clearance is dependent upon any survey or inspection or where any other service is required to be undertaken by an officer of the Marine Department outside office hours, either at the registry of shipping or at any other place in Hong Kong, there shall be payable, in addition to the appropriate fee specified in these regulations and the Schedule, if any, a fee in respect of each officer based upon the following scale—
On weekdays—         (a) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.or5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

} $1,115 per hour or part hour     (b) before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.

} $2,215 per hour or part hour   On Saturdays (afternoon), Sundays or Public Holidays  }  $3,270 per hour or part hour(L.N. 250 of 1992; L.N. 336 of 1993; L.N. 337 of 1994; L.N. 274 of 1995)          
(2) Where an applicant gives not less than 3 days’ notice of a requirement for any survey, or inspection or other service to the Director, but notwithstanding such notice the Director causes the survey, or inspection or other service to be undertaken outside office hours, no additional fee specified in subregulation (1) shall be payable unless the applicant has requested that the service be undertaken outside office hours.

### Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Fees and Charges) Regulations 《商船(註冊)(費用及收費)規例》

9. Fees for miscellaneous services
For any service other than a service for which a fee is specified in the Schedule—
(a) where an officer of the Marine Department is required to visit a ship or site, the fee payable for each such visit during office hours shall be $3,270 for the first hour or part hour and $1,115 for each subsequent hour or part hour during which the visit continues; and
(b) the fee payable for such service in any other case during office hours shall be $1,115 for each hour or part hour during which the service continues.
(L.N. 250 of 1992; L.N. 336 of 1993; L.N. 337 of 1994; L.N. 274 of 1995)

10. Fees where service not completed
Where, on the application of the owner, demise charterer or agent of a ship, work on any service in respect of that ship is undertaken by any officer of the Marine Department and, in consequence of any act of the owner, demise charterer or agent, such work is abandoned before the completion thereof, there shall be payable such reasonable sum as the Director may agree with the applicant, having regard to the nature and extent of the work involved.

### Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Fees and Charges) Regulations 《商船(註冊)(費用及收費)規例》

12. Fees for attendance at legal proceedings or inquiries
Where an officer of the Marine Department is required to attend, in his capacity as a Government official, any legal proceedings or inquiry in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with the registration of ships or an other matter arising under the Ordinance, there shall be payable in respect thereof—
(a) where the attendance is in Hong Kong during office hours, a fee of $1,115 for each hour or part hour of attendance; and (L.N. 250 of 1992; L.N. 336 of 1993; L.N. 337 of 1994; L.N. 274 of 1995)
(b) where the attendance is outside Hong Kong, the fee specified in paragraph (a) together with the travelling and subsistence expenses of the officer in such reasonable sums as the Director shall determine.

13. Charges for advice and examination of plans
Where the Director consents to survey, tender advice or examine plans in respect of the structure, machinery or equipment of a ship in so far as such structure, machinery or equipment is to comply with statutory requirements or with any other requirements and no fee for such survey, advice or examination is prescribed, there shall be payable such reasonable sum in respect of such survey, advice or examination as the Director may agree with the applicant therefor, having regard to the nature and extent of the work involved.

14. Services required for official purposes
(1) No fee shall be payable in respect of any copy of any certificate referred to in these regulations which is supplied at the request of a Government department, or the representative of a government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region when the copy of a certificate is required for official purposes.
(2) No fee specified in the Schedule shall be payable in respect of any service referred to in these regulations which is performed at the request of any Government department or public body or the representative of any government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, but the Director may make such charge in respect of the service rendered as he may consider appropriate.
(23 of 1998 s. 2)

15. Liability and time of payment
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), every fee or charge shall be paid by the owner or demise charterer of the ship concerned at the Marine Department in advance of the service, purpose or period, as the case may be, in respect of which the fee or charge is payable.
(2) The Director may in his discretion in any particular case or class of cases permit any fee or charge to be paid, in whole or in part, in arrear, and subject to such conditions as to security or time for payment as he may think fit.