Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 405P

             (1)  Where, under the regulations or orders, there is assigned to a ship a gross tonnage and a register tonnage, instead of the gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in relation to the ship in accordance with the other provisions of those regulations, this Act applies in relation to the ship as if references in this Act to gross tonnage were references to the gross tonnage so assigned and references in this Act to register tonnage were references to the register tonnage so assigned.

             (2)  Where, under the regulations or orders, there is assigned to a ship a gross tonnage and a register tonnage, as alternatives to the gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in relation to the ship in accordance with the other provisions of those regulations, the assignment of such a gross tonnage and register tonnage shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Act, without prejudice to its effect for the purposes of any other law.

             (3)  This section does not apply to a ship to which the Tonnage Measurement Convention applies.