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Chapter: | 548F
 | Title: | MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (GENERAL) REGULATION | Gazette Number: | L.N. 193 of 2006; L.N. 282 of 2006 |
| Section: | 9 | Heading: | Speed of vessels | Version Date: | 02/01/2007 |
(1) Except with the permission of the Director, a local vessel shall not, when underway in the waters of Hong Kong, proceed at a speed exceeding the maximum permitted speed provided in Schedule 2.
(2) Except with the permission of the Director, a local vessel which is a high speed craft shall not, when underway in the waters of Hong Kong between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise, proceed at a speed exceeding 15 knots.
(3) A local vessel shall not, when underway in any restricted zone specified in the Eighteenth Schedule to the SAPCR, proceed at a speed exceeding 5 knots, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 midnight—
- (a) on any Saturday or public holiday; or
(b) on any day during the period from 1 July to 15 September (both dates inclusive) in any year.
(5) If without reasonable excuse subsection (1) or (2) is contravened, the coxswain of the vessel commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(6) If without reasonable excuse subsection (3) is contravened, the coxswain of the vessel commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1.
(7) If without reasonable excuse subsection (4) is contravened, the coxswain of the vessel commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(8) In subsection (2), "high speed craft" (高速船) has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (High Speed Craft) Regulation (Cap 369 sub. leg. AW).