### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(貨船構造及檢驗)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

62. Procedure to be adopted when repairs or renewals are necessary
(1) In any case where the Certifying Authority determines that the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond with the particulars of the cargo ship safety construction certificate or is such that the ship is not fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board, the Certifying Authority shall advise the owner or master of the corrective action which in its opinion is required, and shall notify the Director.
(2) If such corrective action is not taken within such period (being a reasonable period) as the Certifying Authority may specify, the Certifying Authority shall, at the end of the time, immediately notify the Director who may, on receipt of such notification, suspend the validity of the cargo ship safety construction certificate issued in relation to the ship and shall give notice of any such suspension to the owner and to the Certifying Authority.
(3) The master shall thereupon deliver up the certificate issued in relation to the ship to the Certifying Authority on demand and the owner shall on receipt of notice of suspension deliver up the duplicate certificate to the Director.
(4) When the Certifying Authority is satisfied that corrective action has been taken it shall notify the Director. The Director shall thereupon, in any case where the validity of the certificate has been suspended—
(a) restore the validity of the certificate,
(b) give notice thereof to the Certifying Authority and the owner, and
(c) return the duplicate certificate to the owner.

63. Alternative construction, equipment and machinery
Where these regulations require that the hull or machinery of a ship shall be constructed in a particular manner, or that particular equipment shall be provided, or that particular provisions shall be made, the Director may permit the hull or machinery of the ship to be constructed in any other manner, or any other equipment to be provided or other provision made, if he is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that such other construction, equipment or provision is at least as effective as that required by these regulations.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(貨船構造及檢驗)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

64. Offences
(L.N. 251 of 2018)(1) If regulation 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22A, 23, 24, 24A, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 55A, 55B, 55BA, 55C or 61(1) is contravened in relation to a ship, the owner and the master of the ship each commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3. (L.N. 251 of 2018)
(2) (Repealed L.N. 251 of 2018)(3) The owner or master of a ship who fails to comply with a requirement imposed upon him by regulation 62(3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3. (L.N. 251 of 2018)
(L.N. 480 of 1996)

65. (Repealed L.N. 150 of 2021) 

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance 《商船(安全)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance 《商船(安全)條例》

3. Application
Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance or in regulations made thereunder, this Ordinance shall apply to all ships except— (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 3)
(a) ships of war;
(b) fishing vessels;
(c) pleasure vessels; and
(d) local vessels within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance (Cap. 548) except a local vessel referred to in section 3(4) of that Ordinance. (Replaced 43 of 1999 s. 91)

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance 《商船(安全)條例》

4. Interpretation of Part II
(Amended 10 of 2009 s. 4 and E.R. 5 of 2021)(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
cargo ship safety certificate (貨船安全證明書) means a cargo ship safety certificate issued under section 21A; (Added 6 of 2000 s. 2)
cargo ship safety construction certificate (貨船構造安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 21(1);
cargo ship safety equipment certificate (貨船設備安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 17(1);
cargo ship safety radio certificate (貨船無線電安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 18(1);
declaration of survey (驗船聲明書) means a declaration under section 10 or 11;
general safety certificate (一般安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 15(1) in respect of a passenger ship registered in Hong Kong;
non-international voyage (非國際航程) means a voyage which begins and ends within the waters of Hong Kong, during the course of which the ship concerned does not call at any port outside Hong Kong; (Added 5 of 1993 s. 2)
passenger certificate (乘客定額證明書) means a certificate issued under section 14;
qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate (有限制貨船構造安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 21(3)(a)(ii) or 21(3)(b);
qualified cargo ship safety equipment certificate (有限制貨船設備安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 17(2)(ii);
qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate (有限制貨船無線電安全證明書) means a certificate issued under section 18(2)(ii);
qualified safety certificate (有限制安全證明書) and qualified short voyage safety certificate (有限制短途航程安全證明書) mean a certificate issued under section 15(2)(ii);

short international voyage (短途國際航程) means an international voyage—
(a) in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 nautical miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety; and
(b) which does not exceed 600 nautical miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination;

short voyage safety certificate (短途航程安全證明書) means a certificate issued under the proviso to section 15(1).
(Amended 10 of 2009 s. 4)(2) In this Part, for the purposes of the definition of short international voyage