Cap 478 s 15 Power of Authority to direct that name of seafarer be restored to register (MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	478	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	15	Heading:	Power of Authority to direct that name of seafarer be restored to register	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) At any time after the expiration of 5 years after the day on which-

(a) the name of a seafarer is removed under this Ordinance from the register; or

(b) the Appeals Board confirms under section 36(1) the removal of that name from the register,

whichever is the later, the seafarer may make an application to the Authority for a direction that his name be restored to the register.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the Authority receives an application under subsection (1) from a seafarer for his name to be restored to the register, the Authority may, after consultation with the Advisory Board-

(a) direct the Superintendent to restore the name of the seafarer to the register; or

(b) refuse the application.

(3) Where-

(a) a seafarer has had his name removed from the register on a ground referred to in section 28(1)(b), (c) or (h);

(b) the seafarer has made an application under subsection (1) for his name to be restored to the register; and

(c) pursuant to that application, the Authority has under subsection (2)(a) directed the Superintendent to restore the name of the seafarer to the register,

the Superintendent shall not restore the name of the seafarer to the register unless and until the Superintendent has received from the seafarer a signed letter of undertaking that the seafarer will be of good behaviour in the future.

(Enacted 1995)