Chapter:	478L	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW AGREEMENTS, LISTS OF CREW AND DISCHARGE OF SEAFARERS) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	4	Heading:	Notice of intention to employ a seafarer under crew agreement	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Except in the circumstances specified in subsection (4), any person, before employing a seafarer under a crew agreement made in Hong Kong, shall give prior notice to the Superintendent.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be given before the period of 24 hours ending with the time when the crew agreement is made or the agreement is added, as the case may be:
Provided that, if it is not possible to give the notice before the beginning of that period, it shall be given as early as practicable within that period.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) shall contain the following particulars-

(a) the name of the ship (or, if the crew agreement relates to more than one ship, of each ship to which the agreement relates), its port of registry and official number;
(b) whether a new crew agreement is to be made or whether an agreement with any seafarer is to be added to those contained in a crew agreement;
(c) the date on which, and the place and time at which, the crew agreement is to be made or an agreement with any seafarer is to be added to those contained in the crew agreement; and
(d) the capacity in which each seafarer to whom the notice relates is to be employed.