### Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 《商船(費用)規例》

5. Fees for services outside Hong Kong
(1) 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—
(a) a fee calculated in accordance with subregulation (3); and (43 of 1999 s. 91)
(b) the travelling and subsistence expenses of the surveyor in such reasonable sum as the Director shall determine.
(2) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(3) For any survey or inspection described in Sections A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, K, L and O in Part II of the Schedule, the fee payable shall be— (44 of 1995 s. 143)
(a) where the fee for the services is entirely determinable by the time involved, the sum of $7,645, in lieu of an hourly rate, for each period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the surveyor is absent from Hong Kong on account of the survey or inspection; or
(b) where the fee for the services is not determinable by the time involved, the sum of $15,290 for the whole period during which the surveyor is absent from Hong Kong on account of the survey or inspection, and in addition, the fee specified in the relevant Sections of the Schedule; or
(c) where the fee for the services is partly determinable and partly not determinable by the time involved, the aggregate of—
(i) for the services determinable by the time involved, the sum of $7,645 for each period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the surveyor is absent from Hong Kong, less the actual number of hours the surveyor is required to undertake that particular survey or inspection referred to in subparagraph (ii); and
(ii) for the services not determinable by the time involved, the fee for the services specified in the relevant Sections of the Schedule. (L.N. 334 of 1994; L.N. 270 of 1995)
(4) The duration of a surveyor’s absence from Hong Kong shall be calculated with reference to the departure time and arrival time from and at Hong Kong.
(5) Where part of the survey or inspection undertaken by a surveyor is done within Hong Kong and part of it is done outside Hong Kong, the fee payable for each part shall be calculated according to regulation 3 and this regulation respectively.
(L.N. 252 of 1994)

### Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 《商船(費用)規例》

5A. Fees for sending documents by telegram, telex or post
Where in connection with any service specified in Part II of the Schedule or the issue of a certificate specified in Part II of 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 telegram, telex or post there shall be payable in addition to the fee specified in Part II of the Schedule the expense involved.
(L.N. 352 of 1983)

6. Fees for services outside office hours
Except in the case of a service rendered by the Mercantile Marine Office or the Registry of Shipping or Port Control Section, 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 outside office hours, there shall be payable, in addition to the appropriate fee specified in these regulations and the Schedule, if any, a fee based upon the following scale—

On week-days—     (a)  between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. or 5 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. 247 of 1992; L.N. 333 of 1993; L.N. 334 of 1994; L.N. 270 of 1995) 
Provided that if 3 days’ notice of the requirement for any survey, or inspection or other service has been given to the Director but notwithstanding such notice the Director has caused the survey, or inspection or other service to be undertaken outside office hours, no such additional fee shall be payable.(L.N. 139 of 1970; L.N. 182 of 1975; L.N. 352 of 1983; L.N. 120 of 1985; L.N. 310 of 1989)

### Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 《商船(費用)規例》

7. Fees for miscellaneous services
Where 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 vessel, shore installation navigational aid or other 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. 247 of 1992; L.N. 333 of 1993; L.N. 334 of 1994; L.N. 270 of 1995)

7A. Fees where service is not completed
Where, on the application of the owner or agent of a vessel, work on any service in respect of that vessel is undertaken by any officer of the Marine Department and, in consequence of any act of the owner or his 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.
(L.N. 129 of 1967)