| (Cap 313, section 80) [The Regulations, except Part II］ 29 December 1978 Part II ［1 July 1979 L.N. 293 of 1978] (L.N. 274 of 1978) Cap 313A reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY These regulations may be cited as the Shipping and Port Control Regulations. Cap 313A reg 2 Interpretation (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "aground" (搁浅) includes beached; (L.N. 408 of 1994) "all-round light" (环照灯) means a light showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 360 degrees; "cable reserve" (电缆留用区) means an area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Sixth Schedule; "dangerous goods anchorage" (危险品碇泊处) means an area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule; "immigration anchorage" (入境船只碇泊处) means an approved immigration anchorage under the Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115); "naval anchorage" (海军碇泊处) means an area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule; "principal fairway" (主要航道) means any area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Third Schedule; "private mooring" (私人系泊设备) means a mooring which is not a Government mooring; "quarantine anchorage" (检疫碇泊处) means an area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule; "seatrial" (海上试航) means any seatrial conducted or completed in the waters of Hong Kong for the purpose (whether the sole purpose or otherwise) of testing the performance of a vessel; (L.N. 408 of 1994) "special anchorage" (专用碇泊处) means any area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule; "timber storage pound" (贮木所) means an area of the waters of Hong Kong approved under regulation 58 for the storage of logs and other timber; "underway" (在航) has the same meaning as in rule 3(i) of Part A of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Signals of Distress and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); (L.N. 408 of 1994) "Victoria port" (维多利亚港口) means the area of the waters of Hong Kong declared under section 56 of the Ordinance as Victoria port; "Yau Ma Tei Anchorage" (油麻地碇泊处) means the area of the waters of Hong Kong specified as such in the Seventh Schedule. (2) References in these regulations to the master of any ship or vessel shall be treated as including references to the master of any ship or vessel of a type, description or class as may be specified by the Director by notice in the Gazette. (L.N. 408 of 1994) (L.N. 51 of 1992; L.N. 408 of 1994) Cap 313A reg 3 Interpretation PART II VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE (L.N. 408 of 1994) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires- "advice" (报知) means advice communicated to a vessel from an authorized officer at the vessel traffic centre, and identified by the call sign "MARDEP" or "MARDEP, HONG KONG"; "arrival" (到达), in relation to a vessel entering the waters of Hong Kong, means the first occasion on which a vessel ceases to be underway after entering those waters from sea or river trade waters, as the case may be, and "arrive" (到达) shall be construed accordingly; "berth" (泊位) means any place in the waters of Hong Kong at which a vessel is not underway; "call sign" (呼叫信号) has the same meaning as in the Radio Regulations; "calling-in point" (召集站) means an identifiable position (whether so identifiable by reference to a lighthouse, light, buoy, pilot boarding station, island, headland or otherwise) situated in the waters of Hong Kong, and specified as such in the Tenth Schedule; "departure" (开出), in relation to a vessel leaving the waters of Hong Kong, means the departure of that vessel from any berth to sea or river trade waters, as the case may be, and "depart" (开出) shall be construed accordingly; "inbound" (返航的), in relation to the intended entry of a vessel into the waters of Hong Kong, means the inward passage of that vessel into those waters from sea or river trade waters, as the case may be; "MARDEP" or "MARDEP, HONG KONG" means the call sign of the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government transmitted as such for the purpose of commencing VHF radiotelephone communication between a vessel and an authorized officer at the vessel traffic centre; "movement" (移动), in relation to a vessel in the waters of Hong Kong, means- (a) the movement of that vessel between one berth ("original berth") and another berth, or between the original berth, some other intermediate location within the waters of Hong Kong and the original berth, as the case may be; or (b) the movement by way of navigation of that vessel for the purpose of conducting a seatrial, other than a seatrial conducted or completed immediately prior to that vessel leaving the waters of Hong Kong,and "move" (移动) shall be construed accordingly; "notification" (知会) means a written document addressed to the Director, and includes a letter, cable, telex or facsimile transmission, and "notify" shall be construed accordingly; |
