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

66A. Control over fireworks display in the waters of Hong Kong
(1) On the occasion of any fireworks display held or organized in or upon any part of the waters of Hong Kong, the Director may prohibit or regulate all traffic upon or in the vicinity of such waters and may give to any person such directions as he thinks fit for the avoidance of accidents and the safety of persons.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with any prohibition or regulation of traffic, or direction given, under paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1.
(L.N. 672 of 1994)

67. Control over water-skiing and speed of vessels
(1) The Director may, by notice in the Gazette and in any other manner he thinks fit, prohibit within any area of the waters of Hong Kong any vessel from—
(a) towing any water ski, aquaplane or other similar object, or any person, or any person riding upon a water ski, aquaplane or other similar object. (L.N. 107 of 2000)
(b) (Repealed L.N. 107 of 2000)(2) A person in charge of a vessel which is used for the purpose of towing any person, whether or not such person is riding upon a water ski, aquaplane or other similar object, shall be accompanied by another person not below 18 years of age who shall be responsible for communicating to the person in charge any mishap occurring to the person being towed.
(3) Any person in charge of a vessel who contravenes a notice under paragraph (1), or paragraph (2), commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.

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

68. Control of fishing
(1) No person shall fish by purse net, seine net, drift net, trawl, cage trap, hand line or long line in any prohibited fishing area specified in Part I of the Eleventh Schedule.
(2) No person shall in the waters of Hong Kong—
(a) erect or maintain a stake net; or
(b) operate a beach seine net,
except under, and in accordance with, a licence granted under paragraph (3).
(3) The Director may, on payment of the fee prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule, grant to any person an annual licence, or renew an annual licence—
(a) for the erection and maintenance of a stake net; or
(b) for the operation of a beach seine net.
(4) A licensee shall—
(a) not transfer a licence;
(b) not erect or maintain a stake net otherwise than at the place specified in the licence or within 200 metres of an existing stake net without the permission of the owner of that existing stake net;
(c) exhibit on a stake net in a conspicuous position a notice, supplied free of charge by the Director, showing the number of the licence of the stake net;
(d) exhibit on a stake net, between sunset and sunrise, a white light visible in all directions seaward, and such light shall be of such intensity as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile;
(e) remove at his expense a stake net that is not in use, and if he fails to do so the Director may remove it and recover the cost of removal from the licensee as a civil debt;
(f) comply with any conditions attached to a licence.
(5) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
(6) In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires—
“beach seine net” (岸灘圍網) means a net not less than 30 metres in length by 1 metre in width, that is shot from a boat and hauled by both ends to the shore;
“stake net” (樁圍網) includes—
(a) an inshore net, which means a net attached to poles and worked by a windlass stationed on shore or in less than 6 metres of water;
(b) an offshore net, which means a net attached to poles and worked by a windlass stationed in more than 6 metres of water;
(c) a line of stakes and nets, which means a net or nets attached to a line of stakes driven into the foreshore or sea-bed.

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

69. Control of bright light fishing
(1) No person shall within the waters of Hong Kong use bright light on any vessel for the purpose of fishing or attracting fish except in the areas specified in Part II of the Eleventh Schedule and in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) A bright light shall be exhibited not less then 2 metres below any light exhibited in accordance with Rule 26(c) of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 as defined and set out in the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Signals of Distress and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations (Cap. 369 sub. leg. N). (L.N. 302 of 1991)
(3) A bright light shall be so constructed, shaded, installed and used that no light emitted therefrom shall be visible, whether directly or by reflection from any source other than sea surface, above a horizontal plane passing through the lowest edge of the light source. (L.N. 302 of 1991)
(4) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

70. Notification and control of marine works
(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment, no person shall commence any construction or reclamation works, dredging, boring, cable laying or any other type of works in the waters of Hong Kong, which interfere or are likely to interfere with the navigation of vessels or with port facilities, without giving the Director at least 14 days’ notice in writing of—
(a) the nature of the works;
(b) the date of their commencement;
(c) the locality in which they will be carried out; and
(d) the estimated duration of the works.
(2) The person in control of the works referred to in paragraph (1) shall, during the carrying out of the works, comply with such directions as the Director may give to ensure the safety of vessels navigating in the vicinity of the works.
(3) Any person who—
(a) contravenes paragraph (1); or
(b) fails to comply with any direction given under paragraph (2),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

71. Form
The notice under section 77 of the Ordinance shall be in the form contained in the Twelfth Schedule.