Cap. 413L 《商船(防止及控制污染)(費用)規例》Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Fees) Regulation

Where a service specified in Schedule 1 is carried out outside Hong Kong by a Government surveyor sent from Hong Kong, there shall be payable in respect of the service by each Government surveyor—

The duration of a Government surveyor’s absence from Hong Kong is calculated with reference to the time of departure from and arrival at Hong Kong.

Where a service specified in Schedule 1, or part of it, is carried out (whether within Hong Kong or not) by a Government surveyor outside office hours on any date, there shall be payable, in addition to the appropriate fees payable under section 3, 4 or 5, in respect of the service, or the part of the service, by each Government surveyor outside office hours—

For the purposes of subsection (1), where a service, or part of it, is carried out in a place outside Hong Kong, a reference to any time or date in that subsection (except the reference to general holiday in subsection (1)(d)) is a reference to the time or date according to the local time in the place.

Subsection (1) does not apply if 3 days’ notice of the requirement for the service has been given to the Director by the person requesting the service, but the Director has caused the service to be carried out outside office hours.

The fee for the issue of a certificate or statement specified in Schedule 2 is $565.

The fee for the issue of a certified true copy of a certificate or statement specified in Schedule 2 is $565.

The fee for the making of any alteration to a certificate or statement specified in Schedule 2 is $565.

Where—

the fee payable in respect of the service under this Regulation may be reduced at the discretion of the Director.

In exercising the discretion under subsection (1), the Director shall have regard to the nature and extent of the work involved in the service.

Subject to subsection (2), a fee payable in respect of a service specified in Schedule 1, or a certificate or statement specified in Schedule 2, under this Regulation shall be paid to the Director before the service is carried out or the certificate or statement (or the certified true copy of the certificate or statement) is issued or the certificate or statement is altered. (L.N. 22 of 2019)

The Director may, in any particular case, permit the whole, or any part, of any fee payable under this Regulation to be paid in arrears, subject to such conditions as to security or time for payment as the Director thinks fit.

Notwithstanding sections 3, 4 and 6, no fee shall be payable in respect of any service specified in Schedule 1 that is carried out at the request of—

for official purposes.

Notwithstanding section 7(2), no fee shall be payable in respect of the issue of a certified true copy of a certificate or statement specified in Schedule 2 that is issued at the request of— (L.N. 22 of 2019)

when the copy is required for official purposes.