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

41A. Anchoring of vessels within prohibited anchorage area
(1) Except with the permission of the Director, a vessel shall not anchor within the prohibited anchorage area specified in the Nineteenth Schedule.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) a vessel used by the Government in connection with the performance of official duties;
(b) a vessel used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in connection with the performance of official duties; or
(c) a privately owned vessel that is under contract with the Government and that is used in connection with the performance of the Government’s official duties.
(3) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(L.N. 141 of 2000)

42. Mooring to buoys
(1) No vessel shall moor to a buoy unless the buoy is one laid for mooring purposes.
(2) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.

43. Use of Government buoys and moorings
(1) Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel shall moor to a Government mooring buoy.
(2) A vessel shall be secured to a Government mooring buoy by her anchor cable.
(3) A vessel which is moored to a Government mooring buoy shall not—
(a) swing ship for compass adjustment; or
(b) test main propulsion machinery.
(4) When a tropical cyclone warning signal is announced by the Hong Kong Observatory every vessel (other than a dead ship) which is moored to a Government mooring buoy shall clear anchor and cables and prepare the main propulsion machinery to full power conditions and such vessel shall, if so directed by the Director, leave the mooring buoy. (L.N. 408 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)
(5) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.

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

44. Berthing of vessels
(1) No vessel shall berth at any berth other than at the berth allocated to the vessel by the Director. (43 of 1999 s. 91)
(2) A vessel which is berthed shall not leave the berth unless—
(a) directed to do so by the Director; or
(b) permission to do so is obtained from the Director.
(3) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(4) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to a further fine of $1,000 for every hour or part of an hour during which the vessel remains in a berth in contravention of this regulation after the master thereof has been directed by the Director to move from such berth.

45. Vessels alongside berthed vessels
(1) Save as provided in this regulation or as permitted by the Director, no vessel shall lie alongside any other vessel which is berthed anywhere in a port, other than in a typhoon shelter specified in the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) (Typhoon Shelters) Regulation (Cap. 548 sub. leg. E). (24 of 2005 s. 55)
(2) An oil bunkering vessel not exceeding 2 000 tons net register may lie alongside another vessel for the purpose of bunkering.
(3) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(4) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

46. Berthing, etc. at Government piers
(1) Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel shall lie alongside a Government pier for any purpose other than to enable passengers to embark or disembark (with their luggage, if any) and for any time longer than is reasonably necessary for such embarking or disembarking.
(2) Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel exceeding 35 metres in length shall go alongside any Government pier.
(3) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel 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》

47. Use of piers
(1) No vessel shall make fast to any part of a Government pier or Hong Kong Garrison pier except to the recognized mooring bollards and rings provided thereon as moorings. (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(2) No vessel shall lie alongside any pier unless the pier is designed and constructed for the purpose.
(3) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contravened, the master of the vessel 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》

49. Port dues and fees
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the port dues and fees prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule shall be paid in respect of every vessel which enters the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) No port dues shall be payable under paragraph (1) in respect of—
(a) a vessel underway in transit through the waters of Hong Kong;
(b) a vessel sheltering in the waters of Hong Kong from stress of weather; or
(c) a vessel entering the waters of Hong Kong solely for the purpose of landing a sick or injured person.

50. Anchorage dues
(1) If the period, or aggregate period, for which a vessel lies at anchor in the waters of Hong Kong on an occasion of entry to those waters exceeds 12 hours, the anchorage dues prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule shall be paid in respect of the vessel for the time in excess. (L.N. 201 of 2005)
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a vessel does not lie at anchor in the waters of Hong Kong if it is—
(a) at anchor in a naval anchorage;
(b) secured to a mooring or pier;
(c) secured alongside a shipyard or at a slipway or dry dock; or
(d) secured alongside a vessel which is secured alongside a shipyard. (L.N. 201 of 2005)
(2) No anchorage dues shall be payable under paragraph (1) in respect of any vessel—
(a) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(b) sheltering in the waters of Hong Kong from stress of weather; or (L.N. 201 of 2005)
(c) equipped to the Director’s satisfaction as a cable ship or salvage vessel and which is based on Hong Kong. (L.N. 201 of 2005)
(d)-(g)  (Repealed L.N. 201 of 2005)

51. Mooring buoy dues
The mooring buoy dues prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule shall be paid in respect of every Government mooring buoy which is occupied by or reserved for a vessel.

52. Fees
The fees prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule shall be payable for certificates, permits and other services specified in that Schedule.