Cap 369AT s 2 Application (MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (SUBDIVISION AND DAMAGE STABILITY OF CARGO SHIPS) REGULATION; MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	369AT	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (SUBDIVISION AND DAMAGE STABILITY OF CARGO SHIPS) REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 151 of 1999
Section:	2	Heading:	Application	Version Date:	01/07/1999

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation shall apply to any seagoing cargo ship registered in Hong Kong which is-

(a) over 100 metres in subdivision length and constructed on or after 1 February 1992; and

(b) 80 metres in subdivision length and upwards but not exceeding 100 metres in subdivision length and constructed on or after 1 July 1998. (L.N. 99 of 1999)

(2) This Regulation shall not apply to a ship which conforms to the requirements relating to subdivision and damage stability specified in-

(a) Annex 1 to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 as amended by the Protocol of 1978;

(b) International Bulk Chemical Code (Resolution MSC 4(48) and MSC 10(54);

(d) Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Offshore Supply Vessels (Resolution A.469(XII));

(e) Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships (Resolution A.534(13); or

(f) regulation 27 of the 1966 Load Line Convention for bulk carriers assigned B-60 or B-100 freeboards.

(Enacted 1992)