### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

78. Service of documents
(1) Where for the purposes of this Ordinance any document is to be served on a person, that document may be served by any officer of the Marine Department of the rank of Marine Inspector Class II or above— (Amended 46 of 1981 s. 13)
(a) in any case by delivering the document personally to the person to be served, or by leaving it for him at his last known place of business or residence;
(b) if the document is to be served on the master of a vessel, where there is one, by leaving it for him on board the vessel with the person being or appearing to be in charge or command of the vessel or a member of the crew of the vessel;
(c) if the document is to be served on a person belonging to a vessel, by leaving it for him on board the vessel with the master of the vessel or with a person being or appearing to be in charge or command of the vessel;
(d) if the document is to be served on the master of a vessel, where there is no master and the vessel is in Hong Kong—
(i) on the owner of the vessel or his agent residing in Hong Kong; or
(ii) where no such owner or his agent is known or can be found, by affixing the document to the mast or other prominent part of the vessel;
(e) if the document is to be served on the owner of a vessel or his agent—
(i) by leaving the document for him on board the vessel with some person being or appearing to be in charge or command of the vessel or a member of the crew of the vessel; or (Amended 43 of 1999 s. 91)
(ii) by leaving the document for him at the office of the owner or his agent, as the case may be, with some person being or appearing to be in charge of the office. (Amended 43 of 1999 s. 91)
(iii) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(2) Any document referred to in subsection (1) which is to be served on the owner or master of a vessel may be addressed to the owner or master of the vessel without specifying the name of the owner or master.

79. Indemnity against damage, etc.
No action in respect of any damage to property or injury to person shall lie against the Director or any other officer performing or exercising any function, duty or power under section 20, 21 or 62.

### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

81. Validation
For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that the Shipping and Port Control (Fees) Ordinance 1986 (25 of 1986) shall apply in relation to any port dues or other fees or charges specified in regulations made before its commencement#, and not revoked prior thereto, as it applies in relation to port dues and other fees and charges prescribed thereafter.
(25 of 1986 s. 4 incorporated) Editorial Note:
# Commencement date: 16 May 1986.

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Shipping and Port Control Regulations.

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

5. Possession of radiotelephone equipment
(1) Every vessel shall have on board radiotelephone equipment that is capable of operation in the VHF band on the channels specified in the First Schedule. (L.N. 408 of 1994)
(2) The radiotelephone equipment shall at all times be maintained in good working condition and shall be available for operation on the navigational bridge of a vessel.

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

6. Radiotelephone communication
(1) Any VHF radiotelephone communication required to be made under this Part shall, so far as practicable, be communicated in accordance with the Radio Regulations.
(2) Any VHF radiotelephone communication made by the master of a vessel shall be communicated to the vessel traffic centre and identified by the call sign “MARDEP” or “MARDEP, HONG KONG”.
(3) Any VHF radiotelephone communication made by the master of a vessel within any VHF sector described in column 2 of the First Schedule shall be communicated on the VHF channel specified opposite thereto in column 1 of that Schedule.
(4) No intership VHF radiotelephone communication shall be made by any person in the waters of Hong Kong except in accordance with section 10 of the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106). (36 of 2000 s. 28)
(L.N. 408 of 1994)

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

6A. Pre-arrival notification or report for permission to enter the waters of Hong Kong
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the owner or his local agent or the master of a vessel to which this regulation applies shall— (24 of 2005 s. 45)
(a) not less than 24 hours before the intended entry of that vessel into the waters of Hong Kong from sea or river trade waters, as the case may be; or
(b) where that vessel leaves its last port of call less than 24 hours before that intended entry immediately after so leaving,
apply to the Director for permission for that vessel to enter the waters of Hong Kong by notification and provide the information specified in the Sixteenth Schedule in that notification.
(2) Where the owner, agent or master of the vessel is unable to comply with paragraph (1) by means of notification because of the proximity of that vessel’s last port of call to the waters of Hong Kong, the master of that vessel shall, immediately after the vessel leaves that last port of call on a course to enter those waters, report the information specified in the Sixteenth Schedule to the vessel traffic centre on the VHF channel appropriate to the VHF sector into which that vessel is to enter those waters, and apply for permission to so enter those waters.
(3) The Director may, on receiving an application under this regulation, grant the person making the application, permission for the vessel to enter the waters of Hong Kong and provide that person with such information, or give that person such directions (including directions under section 16 of the Ordinance) or instructions, as the case may be, as the Director thinks fit, or the Director may refuse to grant that person such permission.
(4) In complying with paragraph (1) or (2), a master of a vessel shall be deemed to have complied with section 10E of the Pilotage Ordinance (Cap. 84).
(L.N. 408 of 1994)