Cap 548J s 17 Additional fees for surveys or re-inspections outside office hours (MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION; MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	548J	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 283 of 2006
Section:	17	Heading:	Additional fees for surveys or re-inspections outside office hours	Version Date:	02/01/2007

(1) If the survey referred to in section 12, 13 or 14, or the re-inspection referred to in section 15, or part of the survey or re-inspection, is carried out (whether within Hong Kong or not) by a specified officer outside office hours, there shall be payable, in addition to the fee prescribed under that section—

(a) subject to paragraph (c), if the day of service is a weekday (other than a Saturday)—

(i) for each hour of the service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection or that part between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. or between 5:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., a fee of $1115; and

(ii) for each hour of the service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection or that part before 6:30 a.m. or after 7:45 p.m., a fee of $2215;

(b) if the day of service is a Saturday or Sunday, for each hour of the service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection or that part, a fee of $3270;

(c) if the day of service falls on a calendar day that is a general holiday (other than a Saturday or Sunday) in Hong Kong, for each hour of the service period of each officer for the survey or re-inspection or that part, a fee of $3270.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a survey or re-inspection, or part of a survey or re-inspection, is carried out outside Hong Kong, a reference to any time or date in that subsection (except the reference to general holiday in subsection (1)(c)) is the time or date according to the local time in the place where the survey or re-inspection, or that part, is carried out.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the application for the survey or re-inspection was made to the Director at least 3 days before the survey or re-inspection, or part of the survey or re-inspection, is carried out, but the Director has caused the survey or re-inspection or that part to be carried out outside office hours.