上海市水路运输管理条例.doc

上海市水路运输管理条例
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Administration of Waterway Transportation

Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Administration of Waterway Transportation
(Adopted at the 39th Session of the mittee of the 10th
Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress on October 21, 1997)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
The present Regulations are formulated with a 5>view to maintaining the order of the waterway transportation market, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the operators, passengers, cargo-owners and other interested parties of waterway transporters, promoting waterway transportation undertakings, standardizing the administration of waterway transportation in accordance with relevant State laws and regulations in the light of the specific circumstances of the city1>.
Article 2
The present Regulations are applicable to for-profit domestic and international waterway cargo transportation, waterway passenger transportation (including tourism transportation) and waterway transportation service (hereinafter referred to as waterway transportation) and their administration within the administrative areas of this municipality.
Article 3
The Shanghai munications Office (hereinafter referred to as the munications Administrative Department) is responsible for the administration of waterway transportation within the municipality and for the implementation of the present Regulations. munications administrative departments of Pudong New Area, Jiading District, Minghang District, Baoshan District, Jinshan District and the counties (hereinafter referred to as district or munications administrative departments) are responsible for the administration of waterway transportation within their respective administrative areas.
Shanghai Municipal Administrative Section of Navigational Matters under the munications Administrative Department (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Navigational Matters Section )is specifically in