- (a) waive the requirement to submit the declaration under subsection (1); or
- (b) accept for the purposes of subsection (1) a declaration that is substantially in accordance with the form referred to in that subsection.
(4) Subject to subsection (3), a person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(5) A person who knowingly contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
45. Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate and Ship Sanitation Control Certificate
(1) The operator of a cross-boundary vessel that enters the waters of Hong Kong shall produce for inspection by a health officer a certificate that is—
- (a) in accordance with the form described as the “Model Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate/Ship Sanitation Control Certificate” in the International Health Regulations; and
- (b) issued in respect of the vessel by a port of a State Party to the International Health Regulations being authorized to issue the certificate.
(2) A health officer may—
- (a) waive the requirement to submit the certificate under subsection (1); or
- (b) accept for the purposes of subsection (1) a certificate that is substantially in accordance with the form referred to in that subsection.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), a person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
46. Issue of Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate by health officer
(1) A health officer may, on the payment of the prescribed fee, issue a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate, in a form specified by the Director, in respect of a cross-boundary vessel certifying the matters specified in the form.
