Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations (Cth)
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS
(#DATE 31:07:1993)
(#DATE 31:07:1993)
- In force under the Navigation Act 1912
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application,
number notification commencement saving or
in Gazette transitional
provisions
1976 No. 250 18 Nov 1976 1 Dec 1976
(see r. 2
and Gazette
1976, No.G46,
p. 2)
1977 No. 274 22 Dec 1977 1 Jan 1978 -
1978 No. 35 16 Mar 1978 16 Mar 1978 R. 2
1979 No. 200 27 Sept 1979 1 Oct 1979 -
1981 No. 293 30 Sept 1981 1 Oct 1981 -
1982 No. 27 25 Jan 1982 25 Jan 1982 R. 9
46 26 Feb 1982 26 Feb 1982 -
198 20 Aug 1982 20 Aug 1982 -
1983 No. 180 22 Sept 1983 22 Sept 1983 -
1984 No. 358 30 Nov 1984 1 Dec 1984 -
1985 No. 248 30 Sept 1985 1 Oct 1985 -
1986 No. 274 30 Sept 1986 1 Oct 1986 -
1987 No. 233 14 Oct 1987 19 Oct 1987 -
1988 No. 238 30 Sept 1988 1 Oct 1988 -
1989 No. 383 21 Dec 1989 1 Jan 1990 -
1990 No. 317 12 Oct 1990 15 Oct 1990 -
1991 No. 380 27 Nov 1991 27 Nov 1991 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
R. 3 am. 1982 Nos. 27 and 198;
1991 No. 380
R. 3A ad. 1982 No. 198
R. 4 am. 1982 Nos. 27 and 198
R. 5 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 7 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 8 am. 1982 No. 27
R. 9 am. 1982 No. 27; 1991 No. 380
R. 10 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 16 am. 1982 No. 46; 1983 No. 180;
1991 No. 380
Rr. 18, 19 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 21 am. 1982 No. 198
R. 23 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 24 am. 1982 No. 27; 1991 No. 380
R. 25 am. 1982 Nos. 27 and 198; 1991
No. 380
R. 26 am. 1982 No. 198
R. 27 am. 1991 No. 380
R. 28 ad. 1983 No. 180
Schedule 6 am. 1977 No. 274; 1978 No. 35;
1979 No. 200; 1981 No. 293; 1982
Nos. 27 and 46; 1984 No. 358;
1985 No. 248; 1986 No. 274; 1987
No. 233; 1988 No. 238; 1989
No. 383; 1990 No. 317; 1991
No. 380
Schedule 7 am. 1982 Nos. 27, 46 and 198
Schedule 8 ad. 1983 No. 180
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
PART I - PRELIMINARY
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
3A. Variation in gross tonnage that is deemed
substantial
4. Purposes for which tonnage ascertained in accordance
with these Regulations is applicable
5. Application for measurement
6. Requirements to be complied with by owner or master
before measurement
7. Method of measurement of tonnage
8. Certificate of Survey
9. Australian Tonnage Certificate
PART II - GROSS TONNAGE AND REGISTER TONNAGE
10. Components of gross tonnage
11. Underdeck tonnage
12. Tonnage of hatchways
13. Permanently closed-in spaces not to be included in
gross tonnage
14. Provisions applicable in relation to permanently
closed-in spaces on or above upper deck
15. Register tonnage
16. Deduction of tonnage for purposes of paragraph 15
(1) (a)
17. Deduction for propelling machinery space
PART III - MODIFIED AND ALTERNATIVE TONNAGES
18. Modified tonnages
19. Alternative tonnages
20. Part not to apply to ships measured in accordance
with subregulation 7 (2)
PART IV - SPECIAL TONNAGES
21. Special tonnages
22. Provisions applicable in relation to special tonnage
23. Certificate of special tonnage
PART V - MISCELLANEOUS
24. Remeasurement of tonnage
25. Remeasurement where ship is altered or tonnage not
correctly ascertained
26. Carriage of goods in certain spaces prohibited
27. Fees
28. Prescribed countries for the purposes of section
405M of the Act
SCHEDULE 1
GENERAL RULES FOR MEASUREMENT OF TONNAGE OF SPECIFIED SPACES
SCHEDULE 2
LIMITATION OF HEIGHT OF OPEN FLOORS AND DOUBLE BOTTOMS,
AND OF DEPTHS OF FRAMES AND SIDE BRACKETS FOR PURPOSES OF
THE MEASUREMENT OF UNDERDECK TONNAGE
SCHEDULE 3
TONNAGE MARK
SCHEDULE 4
POSITION OF TONNAGE MARKS
SCHEDULE 5
SKETCHES OF TONNAGE MARK AND DETERMINATION OF SECOND DECK
SCHEDULE 6
FEES
SCHEDULE 7
FORMS
SCHEDULE 8
PRESCRIBED COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 405M OF THE ACT
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - PART I
PART I - PRELIMINARY
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 1
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations. *1* SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 2
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date fixed under subsection 2 (2) of the Navigation Act 1972 as the date on which sections 5, 6, 7 and 9 of that Act shall come into operation. *1* SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 3
Interpretation
3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"crew accommodation" means the accommodation on a ship provided for the officers and crew of that ship under Division 15 of Part II of the Act and the Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations;
"dry cargo space" means space appropriated for the carriage of cargo other than liquid or gaseous matter in bulk;
"propelling machinery space" means the space below the upper deck appropriated for the main or auxiliary propelling machinery of a ship and includes:
(a) ventilation, light or escape trunks serving such a space;
(b) space appropriated for any boilers serving the propelling machinery;
(c) shaft tunnels;
(d) engineers' storerooms and workshops that do not exceed in total tonnage 0.75 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship;
(e) oil fuel settling tanks serving the main or auxiliary propelling machinery and having a total capacity sufficient to provide not less than 24 hours nor more than 96 hours steaming for the ship at its maximum speed; and
(f) framed-in spaces on or above the upper deck referred to in subregulation 10 (2) and included in the gross tonnage in accordance with that subregulation;
"Registrar" has the same meaning as in the Shipping Registration Act;
"second deck" means the deck next below the upper deck, being a deck:
(a) that is fitted as an integral part of that ship's structure;
(b) in which all hatchways are fitted with substantial and durable covers; and
(c) that is continuous at least between peak bulkheads both fore and aft and transversely, notwithstanding the presence in it of:
(i) openings that serve any propelling machinery space
or that lead to ladderways or stairways;
(ii) hatch or ventilation trunks that do not extend fore
and aft from one main transverse bulkhead to another;
(iii) chain lockers or cofferdams; or
(iv) a break or breaks the aggregate height of which above
the line of continuation of the deck does not exceed 1.22 metres;
"ship" means a ship other than:
(a) a ship to which the Tonnage Measurement Convention applies; or
(b) any other ship the ascertainment of the tonnage of which is provided for by orders made in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of section 405E of the Act;
"Shipping Registration Act" means the Shipping Registration Act 1981;
"surveyor" means a person appointed under section 190 of the Act to be a surveyor;
"the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912;
"tonnage deck" means:
(a) in the case of single deck ships - the upper deck; and
(b) in any other case - the second deck;
"tonnage length" means the length of the tonnage deck of a ship ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Part A of Schedule 1;
"Tonnage Mark Table" means the tonnage mark table set out in Schedule 4;
"tropical waters" means waters that are within a tropical zone or seasonal tropical area for the purposes of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations;
"upper deck" means:
(a) in the case of an open ship - the upper edge of the upper strake of the gunwale of that ship; and
(b) in any other case - the uppermost complete deck exposed to sea and weather fitted as an integral part of the ship's structure, being a deck, all openings in the weather portions of which are fitted with permanent means of closing and below which all openings in the side of the ship are fitted with permanent means of watertight closing.(1A) Words and expressions used in these Regulations and in Part XA of the Act have in these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings as they have in that Part.
(2) In the application of these Regulations to and in relation to a ship not registered in Australia, a reference to the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations shall be read as a reference to the law of the country in which the ship is registered that makes provisions corresponding to the provisions of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations.
(2A) For the purposes of these Regulations an unregistered ship flying the flag of a country shall be deemed to be registered in that country.
(2B) Where a ship in the course of construction, or the construction of which has been completed, has not been registered and is not flying the flag of a country, but is intended to be registered in a particular country, the ship shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be registered in that country.
(3) A reference to a form by number shall be read as a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 7.
(4) A reference in a form in Schedule 7 to the length, the moulded depth amidships or the name of a ship, or the place or year of construction of a ship, shall be taken to have the same meaning as such a reference in the Shipping Registration Regulations.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 3A
Variation in gross tonnage that is deemed substantial
3A. For the purpose of determining whether a ship that has undergone alterations or modifications is a ship to which, in accordance with paragraph (2) of Article 3 of the Tonnage Measurement Convention, that Convention applies, a variation in the gross tonnage of such a ship shall be deemed to be a substantial variation if the gross tonnage of the ship is measured under these Regulations and the variation in the gross tonnage, expressed as a percentage of the gross tonnage of the ship before it underwent the alterations or modifications, is not less than 10 per cent.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 4
Purposes for which tonnage ascertained in accordance with
these Regulations is applicable
4. (1) The several provisions of these Regulations (other than Part IV) making provision for or in relation to the ascertainment of the gross tonnage of a ship are the provisions in accordance with which the gross tonnage of the ship is, for the purposes of, and otherwise in relation to, the registration of a ship under the Shipping Registration Act, to be ascertained, and the gross tonnage of the ship as so ascertained:
(d) where, in any section of the Act or in any regulation under the Act, there is a reference to the gross registered tonnage, gross register tonnage or gross tonnage of a ship - is, for the purposes of that section or regulation, the gross registered tonnage, gross register tonnage or gross tonnage, as the case may be.(2) The several provisions of these Regulations (other than Part IV) making provision for or in relation to the ascertainment of the register tonnage of a ship are the provisions in accordance with which the register tonnage of the ship is, for the purposes of, and otherwise in relation to, the registration of a ship under the Shipping Registration Act, to be ascertained, and the register tonnage of the ship as so ascertained:
(c) where, in any section of the Act or in any regulation under the Act, there is a reference to the tonnage of a ship described in any manner other than gross tonnage, gross registered tonnage or gross register tonnage - is, for the purposes of that section or regulation, a reference to the tonnage of the ship as so described.(3) The gross tonnage specified in a Certificate issued or deemed to have been issued under regulation 9 is, for the purposes of the Act and of any regulations under the Act, the gross tonnage, gross registered tonnage or gross register tonnage of the ship.
(4) The register tonnage specified in a Certificate issued or deemed to have been issued under regulation 9 is, for the purposes of the Act and of any regulations under the Act, the register tonnage, net register tonnage, net registered tonnage or net tonnage of the ship.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 5
Application for measurement
5. An application for the measurement of the tonnage of a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be made in accordance with Form 1 to the Authority and shall be signed by the owner of the ship or by the builder, master or agent of the ship on behalf of the owner.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 6
Requirements to be complied with by owner or master before measurement
6. (1) The owner or master of a ship to be measured shall:
(a) make the ship available for measurement by a surveyor; and
(b) afford the surveyor measuring the ship all necessary facilities for the inspection and measurement of the ship.(2) The owner or master of a ship to be measured shall furnish with the application or before the inspection and measurement of the ship the following plans:
(a) a plan containing a longitudinal elevation showing all decks and superstructures, breaks and depth of breaks in decks, the extent and the depth of double bottom tanks or open floors together with particulars of any breaks or recesses in those tanks or floors, the depth of all side framing, the extent and thickness of all ceilings, sparring and insulation, the position of all bulkheads and hatchways and the allocation of compartments;
(b) a plan in respect of each deck showing the arrangement and appropriation of all compartments on the deck and showing any openings, steps or breaks in the deck;
(c) a plan of the midship section showing the construction of the framing, double bottoms or open floors, bilge brackets, sparring, ceiling, insulation, rise of floor, deck camber, tumble-home, flare and the rise or fall in the top of the double bottom;
(d) a plan showing the general arrangement of the propelling machinery spaces with each item of main and auxiliary machinery named on the plan and showing complete details of all fuel bunkers, settling tanks and any other tanks and the extent and purposes of each workshop and storeroom in the ship;
(e) a plan showing all tanks used only for the carriage of water ballast and the arrangements for filling and emptying those tanks.(3) The owner or master of a ship to be measured shall, if required by the surveyor measuring the ship, furnish such other plans, documents and information as the surveyor considers, having regard to any special features of the construction of the ship, necessary for the measurement of the tonnage of the ship.
(4) Plans furnished under this regulation shall be drawn to a scale of not less than 1 to 100.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 7
Method of measurement of tonnage
7. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), the method by which the tonnage of a ship is to be measured is that set out in Part A of Schedule 1 and in Schedule 2. (2) Where the surveyor is satisfied that, by reason of the ship's being laden or for any other reason, it is not reasonably practicable for the measurement of the tonnage of the part of the ship below the upper deck to be made in accordance with Part A of Schedule 1 and with Schedule 2, the method by which the tonnage of the part of the ship below the upper deck is to be measured is the method set out in Part B of Schedule 1.
(3) Where the tonnage of the part of a ship below the upper deck was measured in accordance with the method set out in Part B of Schedule 1, the Authority shall, on an application by the owner of the ship, direct that the tonnage of that part of the ship be measured in accordance with the method set out in Part A of Schedule 1 and in Schedule 2 and shall cause the particulars relating to its registered tonnage to be altered accordingly.
(4) All measurements required by these Regulations shall be taken and expressed in metres and centimetres and all calculations shall be made in accordance with the degree of accuracy set out in Part C of Schedule 1.
(5) Where the measurements required by these Regulations to be made in relation to a space in a ship have been made, the cubic capacity of the space shall be calculated, and the result obtained by dividing a number equal to the number of cubic metres in the cubic capacity of the space by 2.83 is, for the purposes of these Regulations and for the purposes specified in regulation 4, the tonnage of the space.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 8
Certificate of Survey
8. The surveyor of a ship shall, as soon as he has ascertained the tonnage of a ship, complete a Certificate of Survey in accordance with Form 2 and shall deliver the Certificate to the Registrar.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 9
Australian Tonnage Certificate
9. (1) The Authority shall issue to the owner of a ship the tonnage of which has been ascertained in accordance with these Regulations an Australian Tonnage Certificate in accordance with Form 3, 4 or 5, as the case requires. (3) Where:
(a) a certificate, being a Certificate of British Tonnage or an Australian Tonnage Certificate, has been issued in respect of a ship, whether before or after the commencement of these Regulations; and
(b) upon the remeasurement under these Regulations for tonnage of that ship, the tonnage of the ship as so ascertained differs from the tonnage specified in the certificate referred to in paragraph (a);
the Authority shall, by notice in writing posted to the owner of the ship at his last-known place of address, direct the owner of the ship to deliver up, within the period specified in the notice, that certificate for cancellation.(4) A person who fails to deliver up a certificate as required by a direction under subregulation (3) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $200.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - PART II
PART II - GROSS TONNAGE AND REGISTER TONNAGE
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 10
Components of gross tonnage
10. (1) Subject to this Part, and to Part III, the gross tonnage of a ship is, for a purpose specified in regulation 4, the sum of:
(a) the underdeck tonnage of the ship ascertained in accordance with regulation 11 and item 1 of Part A of Schedule 1;
(b) the tonnage of betweendeck space between the second deck of the ship and the upper deck of the ship ascertained in accordance with the provisions of item 2 of Part A of Schedule 1;
(c) the tonnage, ascertained in accordance with such of the provisions of items 3, 4 and 5 of Part A of Schedule 1, as are applicable, of permanently closed-in spaces on or above the upper deck including the tonnage, ascertained in accordance with item 3 of that Part, of breaks situated above the line of the deck but excluding the tonnage, ascertained in accordance with such of the provisions of items 3, 4 and 5 of Part A of Schedule 1, as are applicable, of:
(i) hatchways referred to in regulation 12;
(ii) any framed-in spaces on or above the upper deck of
the ship that contain any part of the propelling machinery of the ship or that are used to light or ventilate space appropriated for the propelling machinery of the ship;
(iii) dry cargo space other than dry cargo space situated
in a break above the line of the upper deck of the ship; and
(iv) any permanently closed-in space on or above the upper
deck, being a space referred to in subregulation 13 (1) in the circumstances specified in subregulation 13 (2) or a space referred to in regulation 14;
(d) the tonnage, if any, of hatchways referred to in regulation 12 ascertained in accordance with that regulation; and
(e) where, under subregulation (2), the tonnage of framed-in spaces on or above the upper deck are to be included in the gross tonnage of a ship under the provisions of subregulation (2) - the tonnage of those spaces ascertained in accordance with item 5 of Part A of Schedule 1.(2) Where:
(a) the owner of a ship has made application in writing to the Authority that, in the gross tonnage of that ship, the tonnage of any framed-in spaces on or above the upper deck of that ship that either contain any part of the propelling machinery of the ship or light or ventilate space appropriated for that machinery be included in the space containing the propelling machinery of the ship;
(b) the framed-in spaces are permanently marked with a notice indicating the purpose for which each of those spaces is used; and
(c) the framed-in spaces are:
(i) properly constructed for the purpose described in the
notice referred to in paragraph (b);
(ii) safe and seaworthy for that purpose;
(iii) reasonable in extent for that purpose; and
(iv) such that they cannot be used for any other purpose;
the tonnage of those framed-in spaces shall be included in the gross tonnage of the ship.(3) Where, under subregulation 7 (2), the method by which the tonnage of the part of the ship below the upper deck is that set out in Part B of Schedule 1, the tonnage so ascertained shall be substituted for the aggregate of the tonnages of the spaces referred to in paragraphs (1) (a) and (b).
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression "permanently closed-in spaces on or above the upper deck" includes:
(a) a poop, bridge or forecastle notwithstanding the presence of an opening in an end transverse bulkhead, unless the opening extends from deck to deck for one-half or more of the breadth of that deck in way of the bulkhead;
(b) a deckhouse notwithstanding the presence of an opening in one of the boundary bulkheads of the deckhouse exposed to the weather, unless the opening extends from deck to deck for one-half or more of the length of the bulkhead in which the opening is situated and is 1.22 metres or more in width;
(c) a structure extending from side to side of the ship notwithstanding the presence in the structure of an opening in the ship's side, unless that opening extends for one-half or more of the length of the space that it serves and exceeds in height one-third of the distance from deck to deck in way of the opening or a distance of 0.76 of a metre, whichever is the greater;
(d) a passageway at the ship's side, unless the passageway is not less than 1.22 metres in width and is completely open to the weather at one end, or at both ends, of its length;
(e) a recess, unless it extends from deck to deck for 0.91 of a metre or more of its width and is exposed to the weather; and
(f) any space that has an opening in the deck over it, being a deck exposed to the weather, unless the area of that opening is one-quarter or more of the deck area over the space.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 11
Underdeck tonnage
11. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), the underdeck tonnage of a ship is the tonnage of the space below the tonnage deck bounded by:
(a) the tonnage deck;
(b) the upper surface of the double bottom tanks, open floors or ceilings, as the case may be; and
(c) the inner face of the timbers, frames or sparring of the ship, as the case may be;
measured in accordance with item 1 of Part A of Schedule 1, subject to such of the limitations specified in Schedule 2 as are applicable, but excluding the tonnage of breaks above the line of the tonnage deck.(2) In the case of a ship in which there are shaft bossings and other appendages forming part of the hull of the ship below the tonnage deck, whether or not those bossings or appendages project beyond the extreme points of measurement of that deck, the underdeck tonnage of the ship is the sum of:
(a) the tonnage of the space below the tonnage deck ascertained in accordance with subregulation (1); and
(b) the tonnage of the shaft bossings and other appendages ascertained in accordance with item 7 of Part A of Schedule 1.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 12
Tonnage of hatchways
12. (1) The tonnage of hatchways leading to a space the tonnage of which is to be included in the gross tonnage of the ship (other than an internal hatchway enclosed within such a space) shall be measured in accordance with the provisions of item 5 of Part A of Schedule 1 and, from the aggregate of the tonnages of the hatchways so measured, there shall be deducted 0.5 per cent of the ship's gross tonnage, excluding that aggregate. (2) The remainder, if a positive result, is the tonnage of hatchways (normally referred to as "excess of hatchways") to be included in the gross tonnage of the ship.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 13
Permanently closed-in spaces not to be included in gross tonnage
13. (1) Each of the following is a permanently closed-in space referred to in subparagraph 10 (1) (c) (iv):
(a) space that is fitted with, and appropriated for the use of, machinery or condensers;
(b) the wheelhouse, chartroom and any space fitted with, and appropriated for the use of, radio or navigational aids;
(c) skylights, domes and trunks that light or ventilate the space that they serve;
(d) chain lockers and any space appropriated for the working of the anchor gear and the capstan;
(e) spaces appropriated for the storage of safety equipment or of batteries;
(f) companionways and access hatches serving as protection for stairways or for ladderways leading to space below, and openings over, those stairways and ladderways;
(g) the galley, or any separate bakery fitted with ovens, where, in either case, no part of the galley or bakery is appropriated for use otherwise than as a galley or bakery;
(h) washing or sanitary accommodation forming part of the crew accommodation or appropriated for the use of the master;
(i) workshops or storerooms appropriated for the use of pumpmen, engineers, electricians, carpenters or boatswains;
(j) the lamp-room;
(k) water ballast tanks not appropriated for use otherwise than as tanks holding water ballast;
(l) in the case of a ship intended to be used only on voyages not exceeding 10 hours in duration - shelter space that provides or is intended to provide, free of any charge to a passenger, protection from the weather;
(m) sheltered promenade space glassed in and unfurnished except for deckchairs or similar light portable seating in a ship intended to be used on an international voyage.(2) The circumstances referred to in subparagraph 10 (1) (c) (iv) are that:
(a) the space is reasonable in extent;
(b) the space is properly constructed for the purpose for which it is appropriated; and
(c) the space is marked with a notice that specifies on it the purpose for which it has been appropriated.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 14
Provisions applicable in relation to permanently closed-in
spaces on or above upper deck
14. (1) This regulation applies:
(a) to a ship registered in Australia before the date of commencement of these Regulations, the measurement of the tonnage of which having previously been made otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, being a ship that is, after that date, to be measured in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations;
(b) to a ship previously registered elsewhere than in Australia that is, after that date, to be registered in Australia; and
(c) to a ship registered elsewhere than in Australia in respect of which an application is made, after that date, for a certificate referred to in subregulation 9 (2).(2) The tonnage of a space situated on or above the upper deck of a ship to which this regulation applies, being space that:
(a) in the case of a ship registered in Australia before the commencement of these Regulations - was, by virtue of openings in the space, excluded from the gross tonnage of the ship; or
(b) in the case of any other ship - was, by virtue of there being or having been openings in the space, excluded from the gross tonnage of the ship;
shall not be included in the gross tonnage of the ship, when measured for tonnage in accordance with these Regulations, irrespective of whether the openings have been closed or not, if:
(c) there has been no change in the purpose for which the space is used since the date on which the tonnage of the ship was last measured otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations; or
(d) in the case of a ship other than a ship registered in Australia before the commencement of these Regulations, the space is such that it would not, had the ship been registered in Australia before that commencement with the openings unclosed, have been included in its gross tonnage.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 15
Register tonnage
15. (1) Subject to this Part and Part III, the register tonnage of a ship is, for a purpose specified in regulation 4, the tonnage ascertained by deducting from the gross tonnage of the ship the aggregate of:
(a) the tonnage of the spaces referred to in regulation 16; and
(b) the tonnage allowance for propelling machinery space ascertained in accordance with regulation 17.(2) A deduction shall not be made under subregulation (1) in respect of the tonnage of a space unless the tonnage of that space has, in accordance with this Part, been included in the gross tonnage of the ship and any applicable condition, limit or restriction under regulation 16 or 17 has been satisfied.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 16
Deduction of tonnage for purposes of paragraph 15 (1) (a)
16. (1) The spaces referred to in paragraph 15 (1) (a) are:
(a) space designed and used for the accommodation of the master of the ship;
(b) space appropriated for crew accommodation (except space appropriated for the storage of fresh water) and space appropriated for the storage of provisions (other than fresh water) or, if the space appropriated for the storage of provisions (other than fresh water) exceeds 15 per cent of the aggregate of:
(i) space appropriated for the accommodation of the
master; and
(ii) crew accommodation other than space appropriated for
the storage of provisions and fresh water;
so much of the space appropriated for the storage of provisions (other than fresh water) as does not exceed 15 per cent of that aggregate;
(c) the wheelhouse and chartroom of the ship;
(d) space fitted with, and appropriated for the use of, radio and navigational aids;
(e) chain lockers and space appropriated for the working of the steering gear, anchor gear or capstan of the ship;
(f) space appropriated for the storage of safety equipment or of batteries;
(g) workshops and storerooms appropriated for use by pumpmen, electricians, carpenters or boatswains;
(h) the lamp-room;
(i) space occupied by the donkey engine and boiler if those items are contained outside the propelling machinery space and are connected to the main pumps of the ship;
(j) in the case of a ship wholly propelled by sail - so much of the space appropriated for the storage of sails as does not exceed 2.5 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship;
(k) space occupied by the main pumps of the ship if they are outside the propelling machinery space of the ship; and
(l) subject to subregulation (3), water ballast tanks not appropriated for use for any other purpose.(2) No deductions shall be made in respect of the spaces referred to in subregulation (1) unless:
(a) in the case of a space referred to in paragraph (1) (b) - the space complies in all respects:
(i) where the ship is a ship to which the Navigation (Crew
Accommodation) Regulations apply, with the requirements of those Regulations in their application to that ship; or
(ii) where the ship is not a ship to which those
Regulations apply, with such requirements as are applicable, by force of law, to the ship and are certified by the Authority to be equivalent in intent, having regard to the nature of the ship and the trade in which it is, or is proposed to be, engaged, to those Regulations; and
(b) in any other case - the space:
(i) is reasonable in extent;
(ii) is permanently marked with a notice specifying the
purpose for which the space is appropriated; and
(iii) is properly constructed for that purpose.
(3) Where the total tonnage of water ballast tanks referred to in paragraph (1) (l), when added to the tonnage of spaces appropriated for water ballast not included in the gross tonnage of the ship and consisting of double bottom space, space below bottom floor level or space above the upper deck, exceeds 19 per cent of the ship's gross tonnage, the deduction to be made in respect of those first-mentioned water ballast tanks shall be that portion of those tanks that, when taken with the spaces used for water ballast not included in the gross tonnage of the ship, will total 19 per cent of the ship's gross tonnage.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 17
Deduction for propelling machinery space
17. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 15 (1) (b), the tonnage allowance for propelling machinery space is:
(a) in the case of a ship propelled by a screw or screws:
(i) if the tonnage of the propelling machinery space is
less than 13 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship - the lesser percentage of the gross tonnage multiplied by 32
13;
(ii) if the tonnage of the propelling machinery space is
not less than 13 per cent and less than 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship - 32 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship; or
(iii) in any other case - 1.75 times the tonnage of the
propelling machinery space; or
(b) in the case of a ship propelled by paddle wheels:
(i) if the tonnage of the propelling machinery space is
less than 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship - the lesser percentage of the gross tonnage multiplied by 37
20;
(ii) if the tonnage of the propelling machinery space is
not less than 20 per cent and less than 30 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship - 37 per cent of the gross tonnage of the ship; or
(iii) in any other case - 1.5 times the tonnage of the
propelling machinery space.(2) The tonnage allowance referred to in subregulation (1) shall not, except in the case of a ship that is a tug and is used or intended to be used exclusively as a tug, exceed 55 per cent of the difference between the gross tonnage of the ship and the tonnage of the spaces referred to in subregulation 16 (1).
(3) No propelling machinery space shall be taken into calculation for the purposes of subregulation (1) unless:
(a) the propelling machinery space and any space set aside for its lighting and ventilation are adequate for their purpose; and
(b) the propelling machinery space and space set aside for its lighting and ventilation are permanently marked with notices stating their respective purposes.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - PART III
PART III - MODIFIED AND ALTERNATIVE TONNAGES
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 18
Modified tonnages
18. (1) Subject to regulation 20, a ship to which this regulation applies is a ship, not being a ship to which regulation 19 applies, in respect of which:
(a) a greater than minimum summer freeboard has been assigned under subregulation 47 (3) of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations; and
(b) the position of that load line is not higher than would have been the case if the freeboard assigned to the ship and the position of the load line appropriate to that freeboard had been calculated treating the second deck as the freeboard deck.(2) The Authority may, on the application of the owner of a ship to which this regulation applies, assign to that ship as its gross tonnage and its register tonnage, a modified gross tonnage and a modified register tonnage, being in each case a lower tonnage, ascertained in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (3), in substitution for the gross tonnage and register tonnage, respectively, that have been, or would be, ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Part II.
(3) The modified gross tonnage and the modified register tonnage to be assigned to a ship under subregulation (1) shall be those that would be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Part II if these Regulations were modified:
(a) by substituting the words "second deck" for the words "upper deck" (wherever occurring) in the definition of "propelling machinery space" in subregulation 3 (1) and in paragraphs 10 (1) (c) and (e), in subregulation 10 (4) and in regulation 14, subregulation 16 (3) and items 3, 5 and 6 of Part A of Schedule 1; and
(b) by the omission of paragraph 10 (1) (b) and of item 2 of Part A of Schedule 1.(4) Where modified tonnages have been assigned to a ship to which this regulation applies, there shall be placed on each side of the ship a tonnage mark in accordance with the form described in Schedule 3 in a position determined in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4 in line with the deepest load line, not being a timber load line, to which the ship may be loaded.
(5) Where a modified gross tonnage and a modified register tonnage have been assigned under this regulation to a ship to which this regulation applies, the gross tonnage and the register tonnage of that ship shall be the modified gross tonnage and the modified register tonnage so assigned to the ship.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 19
Alternative tonnages
19. (1) Subject to regulation 20, a ship to which this regulation applies is a ship in respect of which:
(a) both a minimum summer freeboard under subregulation 47 (1) of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations and a greater than minimum summer freeboard have been assigned under subregulation 47 (3) of those Regulations; and
(b) the position of the greater than minimum summer load line is not higher than would have been the case if the freeboard assigned to the ship and the position of the load line appropriate to that freeboard had been calculated treating the second deck as the freeboard deck.(2) The Authority may, on the application of the owner of a ship to which this Part applies, assign to that ship, as an alternative to its gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Part II, a modified gross tonnage and a modified register tonnage ascertained in accordance with the provisions of regulation 18.
(3) Where alternative tonnages have been assigned to a ship under this regulation, a tonnage mark in accordance with the form described in Schedule 3 shall be placed on the side of the ship in a position determined in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4.
(4) Where an alternative gross tonnage and an alternative register tonnage have been assigned under this regulation to a ship to which this regulation applies, the gross tonnage and the register tonnage of that ship shall be:
(a) at any time when the ship is so loaded that the tonnage mark referred to in this Part is not submerged - the modified gross tonnage and the modified register tonnage as ascertained under the provisions of this Part; or
(b) at any other time - the gross tonnage and the register tonnage as ascertained under the provisions of Part II.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 20
Part not to apply to ships measured in accordance with subregulation 7 (2)
20. This Part does not apply to a ship the tonnage of which has been measured in accordance with subregulation 7 (2) unless and until the tonnage of the ship has been measured in accordance with the method referred to in subregulation 7 (1).
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - PART IV
PART IV - SPECIAL TONNAGES
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 21
Special tonnages
21. (1) The owner of a ship may make application for the ascertainment for the ship of:
(a) the several classes of tonnage referred to in the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal (1962) as amended and in force on the date of commencement of this Part;
(b) the several classes of tonnage referred to in the Regulations for Tonnage Measurement annexed to the report made by the International Tonnage Commission that assembled at Constantinople in 1873 as affected by the Exemptions agreed upon by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom and the Suez Canal Company in 1904 and known as "the 1904 Rules";
(c) the several classes of tonnage referred to in the Regulations annexed to the Convention for a Uniform System of Tonnage Measurement of Ships adopted at Oslo in 1947 as amended and in force on the date of commencement of this Part; and
(d) the several classes of tonnage for the ascertainment of which provision is made by the law of a country other than Australia where the ascertainment of those classes of tonnage is requested by, or is made in accordance with arrangements made with, the government of that country.(2) The purpose of this Part is to permit, in relation to a ship, the ascertainment of the several classes of tonnage referred to in any of the paragraphs of subregulation (1) and the provisions in accordance with which those classes of tonnages are to be ascertained are the provisions of, and referred to in, this Part.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 22
Provisions applicable in relation to special tonnage
22. An application for any of the special classes of tonnage referred to in a paragraph in subregulation 21 (1) shall be in accordance with the Rules, Regulations or law that makes provision in relation to those tonnages and the conditions to be complied with by the applicant, the method by which the ship is to be measured for the purposes of ascertaining the several classes of special tonnage and the calculations to be made in ascertaining the special tonnages are those contained in the Rules, Regulations or law relating to those tonnages.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 23
Certificate of special tonnage
23. Where the several classes of tonnage for a ship have been ascertained in accordance with the Rules, Regulations or law relating to those special tonnages, the Authority shall issue to the owner of the ship the certificate or certificates for which provision is made by those Rules or regulations or that law.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - PART V
PART V - MISCELLANEOUS
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 24
Remeasurement of tonnage
24. (1) This regulation applies to a ship registered under the Shipping Registration Act, being a ship that has not been measured for tonnage in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. (2) The Authority may, on the application of the owner of a ship to which this regulation applies, direct that the ship be remeasured for tonnage in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
(3) The surveyor remeasuring a ship under subregulation (1) shall, upon the completion of the remeasurement, complete a Certificate of Survey in accordance with Form 2 certifying as to the tonnage of the ship, and shall deliver the Certificate to the Registrar.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 25
Remeasurement where ship is altered or tonnage not correctly ascertained
25. (1) Where:
(a) any alteration is made in the form or capacity of the ship; or
(b) it is discovered that the tonnage of the ship has not been correctly ascertained in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations;
the owner of the ship shall cause the tonnage or tonnages to be again ascertained in accordance with those provisions.(2) Where, as a result of the ascertainment of a tonnage under subregulation (1), it is found that the tonnage specified in the Certificate issued under regulation 9 is not correct, the Minister shall, by notice in writing posted to the owner of the ship at his last-known place of address, direct the owner of that ship to deliver up within a period specified in the notice that Certificate for cancellation.
(3) Upon receipt of a Certificate delivered in accordance with subregulation (2), if the ship is a ship within the meaning of these Regulations, the Authority shall issue to the owner of the ship an Australian Tonnage Certificate in accordance with Form 3, 4 or 5, as the case requires, certifying the tonnages of that ship ascertained in accordance with these Regulations.
(4) A certificate under this regulation shall be deemed to be an Australian Tonnage Certificate issued under regulation 9.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 26
Carriage of goods in certain spaces prohibited
26. (1) Goods or stores shall not be carried in a ship in spaces deducted in ascertaining the register tonnage of that ship, not being:
(a) dry cargo spaces;
(b) workshops or storerooms set aside for the use of pumpmen, engineers, electricians, carpenters or boatswains;
(c) the lamp-room; or
(d) double bottom tanks.(2) A person, being the master or owner of a ship, shall ensure that goods or stores are not carried in that ship in contravention of the provisions of subregulation (1).
Penalty:
(a) if the offender is a natural person - $2,000 or imprisonment for a period of 12 months, or both; or
(b) if the offender is a body corporate - $5,000.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 27
Fees
27. (1) The fees specified in, or ascertained in accordance with, Schedule 6 are payable in respect of the respective matters to which they relate. (2) Subject to subregulation (3), there shall be paid at the same time as an application is made for measurement or remeasurement under these Regulations an amount, in respect of fees, equal to the amount of the fees specified in or ascertained in accordance with Schedule 6 for the matters requested in the application.
(3) Where, for the purposes of subregulation (2), the fees for those matters cannot be calculated exactly in advance, there shall be paid, in respect of the fees that will be payable, a deposit of an amount equal to the fees that would be payable in respect of the measurement or remeasurement of a ship having a gross tonnage equal to 75 per cent of the gross tonnage or remeasured gross tonnage as estimated by the Authority for the purpose.
(4) Any outstanding balance of fees incurred in respect of the matters requested shall be paid before a Certificate of Survey is issued.
(5) A fee payable under these Regulations is recoverable from the person at whose request the matter was done as a debt due to the Commonwealth.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - REG 28
Prescribed countries for the purposes of section 405M of the Act
28. For the purposes of section 405M of the Act, each of the countries specified in Schedule 8 is prescribed.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 1 SCH
SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 7
GENERAL RULES FOR MEASUREMENT OF TONNAGE OF SPECIFIED SPACES
PART A
1. Tonnage of space below tonnage deck - underdeck tonnage
(1) The length of the tonnage deck (in this Schedule
referred to as the "tonnage length") shall be measured in a
straight line in the middle plane of the ship between the
points at the forward and after ends of the deck where the
underside of the deck, or the line of continuation of the
underside of the deck in way of breaks or discontinuations of
the deck, meets the inner face of the frames, timbers, ceiling
or sparring, as the case may be.
(2) In ships that have a break, or breaks, in a double
bottom, the tonnage length shall be measured in parts
corresponding to the number and position of the break or
breaks.
(3) The tonnage length, or the length of each of the several
parts of the tonnage length ascertained under sub-item (2),
shall be divided into equal parts in accordance with the
following table:
Length Number of
equal parts
not exceeding 15.24 metres 4
exceeding 15.24 metres but not 6
exceeding 36.58 metres
exceeding 36.58 metres but not 8
exceeding 54.86 metres
exceeding 54.86 metres but not 10
exceeding 68.58 metres
exceeding 68.58 metres 12
(4) If the length of any of the several parts of the
tonnage length is less than 9.14 metres, the length of that
part may be divided into 2 equal parts.
(5) The transverse area of the ship at each point of
division of the tonnage length, or of the parts of the tonnage
length, shall be calculated as follows:
(a) the depth in the middle plane of the ship from the
underside of the tonnage deck to the top of the open floor or
the double bottom, as the case may be, shall be measured,
deducting from that measurement the average thickness of any
ceiling fitted and one-third the round of beam, and -
(i) if the top of the double bottom falls from the
middle plane of the ship, the mean of the fall shall be added
to the depth; and
(ii) if the top of the double bottom rises from the
middle plane of the ship, the mean of the rise shall be
deducted from the depth;
(b) in the case of a ship of wooden construction, the lower
terminal point of the depth shall be the upper side of the
floor timber at the inside of the limber strake after
deducting the average thickness of the ceiling between the
bilge planks and the limber strake;
(c) the depth at each point of division of the tonnage
length or of parts of the tonnage length shall be divided -
(i) if the depth measured does not exceed 4.88 metres at
the amidships division of the total tonnage length - into 4
equal parts; or
(ii) if the depth measured exceeds 4.88 metres at the
amidships division of the total tonnage length - into 6 equal
parts; and
(d) at the point of division between each of the parts
ascertained in accordance with paragraph (c), the horizontal
breadths to the inner face of the timber, frame or sparring,
as the case may be, shall be measured and the following
calculations then made:
(i) the horizontal breadths shall be numbered
consecutively commencing from the tonnage deck;
(ii) the even numbered horizontal breadths shall be
multiplied by 4 and the odd numbered horizontal breadths, with
the exception of the first and last horizontal breadths, shall
be multiplied by 2;
(iii) the products of the multiplications shall be added
together and to the sum obtained from the addition there shall
be added the first and last horizontal breadths;
(iv) the quantity so obtained shall be multiplied by a
figure that is one-third of the common interval between the
horizontal breadths; and
(v) the product of that multiplication shall be the
transverse area expressed in square metres.
(6) The transverse areas so obtained shall be numbered
consecutively commencing from the extreme forward point of
measurement of the tonnage length or of the parts of the
tonnage length, as the case may be, and the following
calculations then made:
(a) the even numbered transverse areas shall be multiplied
by 4 and the odd numbered transverse areas, with the exception
of the first and last transverse areas, shall be multiplied by
2;
(b) the products of the multiplications shall be added
together and to the sum obtained from the addition there shall
be added the areas (if any) of the first and last transverse
areas;
(c) the quantity so obtained shall be multiplied by a figure
that is one-third of the common interval between the
transverse areas; and
(d) the product of that multiplication, when divided by
2.83, shall be the underdeck tonnage of the ship, exclusive of
the tonnage of spaces to be included in underdeck tonnage as
prescribed by paragraph (2) (b) of regulation 11.
2. Tonnage of betweendeck space between the second deck and
the upper deck
(1) Betweendeck space between the second deck and the upper
deck shall be measured for length in a straight line in the
middle plane of the ship between the points at the forward and
after ends of the space where the inner surfaces of the
frames, timbers, ceiling or sparring, as the case may be, meet
the middle plane of the ship at half the height between the
upper surface of the second deck and the underside of the
upper deck.
(2) Where a break exists in the second deck or in the upper
deck, the line of the deck shall be extended through the break
parallel to the raised part of that break and the tonnage of
the betweendeck space shall, in such case, be measured by
reference to that line so extended.
(3) The length of the betweendeck space shall be divided
into equal parts in the manner set out in sub-items 1 (3) and
(4) of this Part for the division of tonnage lengths and, at
each of the points of division, the horizontal breadth from
the inner face of the frames, timbers or sparring, as the case
may be, shall be measured at half the height of the
betweendeck space.
(4) The horizontal breadths shall be numbered consecutively
from the stem, the stem being numbered 1 and the following
calculations then made:
(a) the even numbered horizontal breadths shall be
multiplied by 4 and the odd numbered horizontal breadths, with
the exception of the first and last horizontal breadths, shall
be multiplied by 2;
(b) the products of the multiplications shall be added
together and to the sum obtained from the addition there shall
be added the first and the last horizontal breadths;
(c) the quantity so obtained shall be multiplied by a figure
that is one-third of the common interval between the
horizontal breadths;
(d) the area so obtained shall be multiplied by the mean
height between the upper surface of the second deck and the
underside of the upper deck; and
(e) the product of that multiplication, when divided by
2.83, shall be the tonnage of the betweendeck space.
3. Tonnage of breaks in the upper deck
Breaks in the upper deck shall be measured for length in a
straight line in the middle plane of the ship between the
extremities of the break at half the height of the break, the
terminal points at the stem and stern being taken in the
manner set out in sub-items 2 (1) and (2) of this Part and the
following calculations then made:
(a) the length so obtained shall be divided into 2 equal
parts for lengths of 15.24 metres or less, 4 equal parts for
lengths exceeding 15.24 metres but not exceeding 68.58 metres
and 6 equal parts for lengths exceeding 68.58 metres;
(b) at each of the points of division, the horizontal
breadths at half the height of the break at the ship's side to
the inner face of the frames, timbers or sparring, as the case
may be, shall be measured;
(c) those horizontal breadths shall be numbered
consecutively commencing from the foremost terminal point;
(d) the even numbered horizontal breadths shall be
multiplied by 4 and the odd numbered horizontal breadths, with
the exception of the first and last horizontal breadths, shall
be multiplied by 2;
(e) the products of the multiplications shall be added
together and to the sum obtained from the addition there shall
be added the first and last breadths;
(f) the quantity so obtained shall be multiplied by a figure
that is one-third of the common interval between the breadths;
(g) the area so obtained shall be multiplied by the height
of the break; and
(h) the product of that multiplication, when divided by
2.83, shall be the tonnage of that break.
4. Tonnage of poop, bridge and forecastle
A poop, bridge or forecastle shall be measured as follows:
(a) the mean length thereof shall be measured at half the
height between the upper surface of the deck and the underside
of the deck over, the terminal points at the stem and stern
being taken in the manner set out in sub-items 2 (1) and (2)
of this Part;
(b) the mean length so obtained shall be divided into two
equal parts for lengths of 15.24 metres or less, 4 equal parts
for lengths exceeding 15.24 metres but not exceeding 68.58
metres and 6 equal parts for lengths exceeding 68.58 metres;
(c) at each of the points of division, the horizontal
breadth shall be measured from the inner face of the frames,
timbers or sparring, as the case may be, at half the height
between the upper surface of the deck and the underside of the
deck over;
(d) the horizontal breadths shall be numbered consecutively
commencing from the foremost terminal point;
(e) the even numbered horizontal breadths shall be
multiplied by 4 and the odd numbered horizontal breadths, with
the exception of the first and last horizontal breadths, shall
be multiplied by 2;
(f) the products of the multiplications shall be added
together and to the sum obtained from the addition there shall
be added the first and the last horizontal breadths;
(g) the quantity so obtained shall be multiplied by a figure
that is one-third of the common interval between the
horizontal breadths and the area so obtained shall be
multiplied by the mean height of the poop, bridge or
forecastle, as the case may be; and
(h) the product of that multiplication, when divided by
2.83, shall be the tonnage of the poop, bridge or forecastle,
as the case may be.
5. Tonnage of other permanently closed-in spaces on or above
the upper deck
A permanently closed-in space on or above the upper deck
other than one referred to in item 4 shall be measured by
ascertaining its mean length, breadth and height and the
product of multiplying those dimensions together shall, when
divided by 2.83, be the tonnage of the space.
6. Tonnage of propelling machinery space
(1) Propelling machinery space which extends to the ship's
side and is situated below the upper deck shall be measured as
follows:
(a) the mean length shall be measured in each space at half
the mean depth, which shall be measured in the middle plane of
the ship from the underside of the deck forming the crown of
the space to the top of the double bottom or open floor,
allowance being made for any ceiling fitted;
(b) for amidships spaces, 3 equally spaced horizontal
breadths shall be used and, for spaces abaft amidships, 3
equally spaced horizontal breadths shall be used for lengths
of 9.14 metres or less, 5 equally spaced horizontal breadths
for lengths exceeding 9.14 metres but not exceeding 15.24
metres and 7 equally spaced horizontal breadths for lengths
exceeding 15.24 metres, the horizontal breadths being measured
from the inner space of the frames, timbers or sparring, as
the case may be, at half the depth of the space at that point;
and
(c) the mean length, mean breadth and mean depth so
ascertained shall be multiplied together and the product of
that multiplication, when divided by 2.83, shall be the
tonnage of that space.
(2) Propelling machinery space that does not extend to the
ship's side and that is situated below the upper deck shall be
measured by ascertaining its mean length, mean breadth and
mean depth and the product of multiplying those dimensions
together shall, when divided by 2.83, be the tonnage of that
space.
7. Tonnage of shaft bossings and appendages
The tonnage of shaft bossings and appendages referred to in
paragraph (2) (b) of regulation 11 shall be ascertained by
measuring the internal cubic capacity of their space as
accurately as practicable and the cubic capacity so
ascertained shall, when divided by 2.83, be the tonnage of
those shaft bossings or appendages, as the case may be.
PART B
Measurement of tonnage below the upper deck where measurement
in accordance with Part A is impracticable
The following calculations shall be made:
(a) the length of the ship shall be measured on the upper
side of the upper deck from the inside of the outer plate or
plank at the stem to the aft side of the stern-post or, where
no stern-post is fitted, to the foreside of the rudder stock;
(b) the extreme breadth of the ship shall be measured,
excluding any rubbers or fenders;
(c) the girth, from the upper edge of the upper deck at side
on one side of the ship to the same point on the other side of
the ship shall be measured on the outside of the ship at the
greatest breadth of the ship or, if by reason of the size of
the ship it is not reasonably practicable so to measure the
girth of that ship in accordance with this paragraph, the
girth of the ship shall be ascertained by adding the breadth
of the ship as measured in accordance with paragraph (b) to
twice the depth of the ship from the top of the upper deck at
the side of the ship to the bottom of the keel of the ship and
multiplying this sum by 0.98;
(d) to half of the girth so measured or ascertained shall be
added one-half of the extreme breadth of the ship;
(e) the sum so ascertained shall be squared and then
multiplied by the length of the ship; and
(f) the product of this multiplication, multiplied -
(i) in the case of ships built of wood - by 0.17; and
(ii) in any other case - by 0.18,
and divided by 2.83, shall be the tonnage of the ship below
the upper deck.
PART C
DEGREE OF ACCURACY
1. (1) This item applies when calculating -
(a) the common interval between the transverse areas;
(b) the common interval between the breadths in each
transverse area;
(c) the common interval between the breadths in betweendeck
space and in erections;
(d) one-third of the common interval between the transverse
areas;
(e) one-third of the common interval between the breadths in
each transverse area; or
(f) one-third of the common interval between the breadths in
the betweendeck space and in erections.
(2) A calculation to which this item applies shall be taken
to 4 decimal points and, if the fourth point is 5 or more, the
third decimal point shall be increased by one and, if it is
less than 5, the third decimal point shall remain unchanged,
and, in either case, the fourth decimal point shall be
omitted.
2. (1) This item applies when calculating -
(a) the area of transverse areas;
(b) the mean height of the betweendeck space;
(c) the mean breadth of the propelling machinery space;
(d) the mean height of the propelling machinery space; or
(e) one-third of the round of beam.
(2) A calculation to which this item applies shall be taken
to 3 decimal points, and, if the third point is 5 or more, the
second decimal point shall be increased by one and, if it is
less than 5, the second decimal point shall remain unchanged,
and, in either case, the third decimal point shall be omitted.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 2 SCH
SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 11
LIMITATION OF HEIGHT OF OPEN FLOORS AND DOUBLE BOTTOMS,
AND OF DEPTHS OF FRAMES AND SIDE BRACKETS FOR PURPOSES
OF THE MEASUREMENT OF UNDERDECK TONNAGE
1. Tonnage Length
In this Schedule, "tonnage length" has the same meaning as
in Schedule 1.
2. Open Floors
(1) Any part of an open floor, other than a floor in the
main space for the propelling machinery of a ship that is
situated above the horizontal line described in sub-item (2)
shall be disregarded for the purposes of measurement of
underdeck tonnage, which shall be measured accordingly by
reference to the horizontal line so described.
(2) The horizontal line referred to in sub-item (1) shall be
a line passing through a point in the middle plane of the ship
at a height that is the maximum height of open floors
applicable to a ship of the tonnage length of the ship being
measured, ascertained by reference to Columns 1 and 2 of Table
1 of this Schedule and corrected by the addition of a distance
that is equal to the rise of the moulded frame line at
one-quarter of the breadth of the ship between moulded frame
lines at that maximum height.
(3) Sub-items (1) and (2) also apply to a ship that is
fitted with longitudinal floors and frames or with
longitudinal floors or frames.
3. Double Bottoms
A double bottom, situated in any part of a ship other than
the main space for the propelling machinery, that is of
greater height than a height that is the maximum height of
double bottom applicable to a ship of the tonnage length of
the ship being measured, ascertained by reference to columns 1
and 3 of Table 1 of this Schedule and corrected by the
addition of a distance that is equal to the rise of the
moulded frame line at one-quarter of the breadth of the ship
between moulded frame lines at that maximum height, shall be
treated not as a double bottom but as an open floor of such
height as is ascertained in accordance with the provisions of
sub-item 2 (2) as would be applicable, by reference to Table 1
of this Schedule, in the case of a ship of the tonnage length
of the ship being measured.
4. Bilge Brackets
(1) The horizontal width of bilge brackets of a ship
measured from the shell of that ship to the inboard toe of
that bracket -
(a) if taken at the level of the top of an open floor -
shall not exceed the maximum height of open floor applicable
to the ship and obtained by reference to Columns 1 and 2 of
Table 1 of this Schedule; or
(b) if taken at the level of the top of a double bottom -
shall not exceed the maximum height of the double bottom
applicable to the ship and obtained by reference to Columns 1
and 3 of that Table.
(2) In a case in which underdeck tonnage is measured by
reference to a height ascertained and applied in accordance
with the provisions of items 1 and 2, the lowest breadth used
in the measurement of the underdeck tonnage area shall be the
breadth between the inner sides of the shell of the ship taken
at that height, less twice the maximum height of open floor
applicable to the ship being measured and obtained by
reference to Columns 1 and 2 of Table 1 of this Schedule, or
twice the width of the bilge bracket, whichever is the less.
5. Allowance for ceiling
The limitations imposed by items 2, 3 and 4 are exclusive of
any allowance for any ceiling fitted.
6. Depth of frames
(1) Subject to sub-item (2), the extent to which the depth
of transverse or longitudinal ship side framing, in the case
of any ship measured from its shell, exceeds the maximum depth
of frame applicable to a ship of the registered breadth of the
ship being measured ascertained by reference to Table 2 of
this Schedule shall be disregarded and the underdeck tonnage
of the ship shall be measured by reference to the maximum
depth of frame so ascertained from that Table.
(2) In the case of a ship that is fitted with alternate deep
and shallow frames, the depth of frame used for the purposes
of measurement, measured from the shell of the ship, shall not
exceed -
(a) twice the depth of the shallow frame; or
(b) the maximum depth of frame applicable to the ship and
ascertained by reference to Table 2 of this Schedule,
whichever is the less.
(3) The limitations imposed by sub-items (1) and (2) are
exclusive of an allowance for sparring fitted on the toe of
the frames.
Table 1
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Tonnage length Maximum height of Maximum height of
of the ship floors in double bottom in
in metres millimetres* millimetres*
Not exceeding -
18.29 580 880
24.38 610 910
30.48 640 950
36.58 660 990
42.67 690 1,030
48.77 710 1,070
54.86 740 1,100
60.96 760 1,140
67.06 790 1,180
73.15 810 1,220
79.25 840 1,260
85.34 860 1,300
91.44 890 1,330
97.54 910 1,370
103.63 940 1,410
109.73 970 1,450
115.82 990 1,490
121.92 1,020 1,520
128.02 1,040 1,560
134.11 1,070 1,600
140.21 1,090 1,640
146.30 1,120 1,680
152.40 1,140 1,710
158.50 1,170 1,750
164.59 1,190 1,790
170.69 1,220 1,830
176.78 1,240 1,870
182.88 1,270 1,910
188.98 1,300 1,940
195.07 1,320 1,980
201.17 1,350 2,020
207.26 1,370 2,060
213.36 1,400 2,100
*NOTES:
For intermediate lengths, the maximum height shall be
obtained by interpolation and in the case of ships exceeding
213.36 metres, by linear extrapolation.
The dimensions shown are to be increased by 50 per cent for
the foremost 25 per cent and aftermost 15 per cent of the
tonnage length of the ship.
Table 2
Registered breadth Maximum depth of frame
in metres in millimetres
Not exceeding -
6.10 356
9.14 406
12.19 458
15.24 508
18.29 558
21.34 636
24.38 712
27.43 788
30.48 864
Above 30.48 864
In the case of ships of intermediate breadths, the maximum
depth of frame shall be obtained by interpolation.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 3 SCH
SCHEDULE 3 Regulations 18 and 19
TONNAGE MARK
1. Except as otherwise provided in item 2, the tonnage mark
shall consist, as shown in Figure 1 in Schedule 5, of a
horizontal line 380 millimetres long and 25 millimetres wide
upon which shall be placed, for identification purposes, an
inverted equilateral triangle, each side of which is 300
millimetres long and 25 millimetres wide, having its apex on
the midpoint of the horizontal line.
2. In the case of a ship intended to operate in fresh or
tropical waters (not being a ship on which tonnage marks have
been placed in accordance with regulation 18), an additional
horizontal line may on the application of the owner of the
ship be placed above the tonnage mark described in item 1 at a
distance of one-forty-eighth of the moulded draught to that
tonnage mark. This additional line shall be 230 millimetres
long and 25 millimetres wide measured from a 25 millimetre
wide vertical line marked "W" in Figure 1 in Schedule 5 at the
after end of, and perpendicular to, that tonnage mark. In such
a case, at all times as the ship so marked is operating in
fresh or tropical waters, this additional line shall be taken
to be the tonnage mark in lieu of that described in item 1.
3. The lines and triangle shall be painted in white or
yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground, and
carefully cut in, centre punched or welded on the sides of the
ship. They shall be so kept and maintained as to be plainly
visible at all times save when submerged.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 4 SCH
SCHEDULE 4 Regulations 18 and 19
POSITION OF TONNAGE MARKS
1. The tonnage mark shall be placed on each side of the ship
at a distance below the line where the underside of the second
deck stringer plate meets the ship's side plating amidships,
or below the line equivalent to that line as shown in Figure 2
in Schedule 5 in cases where the deck is stepped, to be
ascertained by reference to the Tonnage Mark Table in this
Schedule.
2. In the Tonnage Mark Table -
(a) the length Lt in the first column is the distance in
metres on the second deck between the points at the forward
and after ends of the deck where the underside of the deck or
line of continuation of the underside of the deck meets the
inner surface of the frames, ceiling or sparring, as the case
may be, in the middle plane of the ship, using an equivalent
length in cases where the deck is stepped as shown in Figure 2
in Schedule 5;
(b) the depth Ds is the depth in metres amidships from the
top of the keel to the point at which the underside of the
second deck stringer plate meets the ship's side plating,
using an equivalent depth as shown in Figure 2 in Schedule 5
in cases where the deck is stepped; and
(c) the figures at the top of the columns, other than the
first column, represent the ratio Lt/Ds, and the figures below
in each column represent distances in millimetres from the
line where the underside of the second deck stringer plate
meets the ship's side plating amidships or, in cases where the
deck is stepped, from the equivalent line thereto as shown in
Figure 2 in Schedule 5 to the point at which the upper edge of
the tonnage mark is to be placed.
3. In the case of any ship of intermediate length or having
an intermediate Lt/Ds ratio, the relevant distance to be
applied shall be obtained by interpolation, and in other cases
where necessary by linear extrapolation.
4. The effective relevant distance calculated by reference
to the Tonnage Mark Table to be applied in the case of any
ship shall be corrected to the nearest 10 millimetres.
5. (1) Subject to sub-items (2) and (3), in the case of a
ship to which load lines have been assigned, the tonnage marks
shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 18, be placed
in a position ascertained in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Schedule with the apex of the
identification triangle at a distance of 540 millimetres
horizontally aft of the centre line of the load line disc.
(2) In a case in which a timber load line has been assigned
to the ship, the distance referred to in sub-item (1) shall be
1080 millimetres.
(3) In no case shall the tonnage marks be placed above the
deepest load line to which the ship may be loaded, no account
being taken for this purpose of timber load lines.
6. In the case of a ship to which load lines have not been
assigned, the tonnage marks shall be placed in a position
ascertained in accordance with the foregoing provisions of
this Schedule with the apex of the identification triangle at
the middle of the length Lt and the line of the upper deck
shall be shown by a deck line in accordance with the form
required by regulation 70 of the Navigation (Load Lines)
Regulations placed centrally to a vertical line bisecting the
identification triangle of the tonnage mark.
TONNAGE MARK TABLE
Minimum distance from the moulded line of the second
deck to the upper edge of the tonnage mark
In millimetres
Lt/Ds 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Length Lt
in metres
67 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
and under
70 81 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
73 118 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
76 157 82 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
79 201 119 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
82 246 159 84 51 51 51 51 51 51
85 294 200 120 51 51 51 51 51 51
88 344 244 158 83 51 51 51 51 51
91 398 291 199 119 51 51 51 51 51
94 455 341 243 158 83 51 51 51 51
97 515 393 288 198 119 51 51 51 51
100 577 447 336 240 155 81 51 51 51
103 643 506 388 286 196 117 51 51 51
106 713 567 442 334 239 156 82 51 51
109 785 631 499 385 285 196 118 51 51
112 862 699 559 438 333 240 157 83 51
115 943 772 624 497 386 288 200 122 52
118 1,026 845 690 556 439 336 243 161 87
121 1,111 921 758 617 494 385 288 202 124
124 1,199 1,000 829 682 553 439 338 247 165
127 1,279 1,075 900 749 617 500 397 304 220
130 1,362 1,154 975 820 685 566 460 365 279
133 1,450 1,237 1,054 896 757 635 527 429 342
136 1,541 1,323 1,135 974 832 707 596 496 407
139 1,636 1,413 1,222 1,057 912 784 671 569 478
142 1,732 1,504 1,309 1,140 992 862 746 642 548
145 1,829 1,597 1,397 1,225 1,074 941 823 717 621
148 1,926 1,688 1,485 1,309 1,155 1,019 898 790 692
151 2,020 1,778 1,570 1,390 1,233 1,095 971 861 761
154 2,112 1,865 1,653 1,470 1,309 1,168 1,042 930 828
157 2,203 1,951 1,735 1,548 1,384 1,241 1,112 998 894
160 2,288 2,032 1,812 1,622 1,455 1,308 1,177 1,061 955
163 2,374 2,112 1,888 1,694 1,525 1,375 1,241 1,122 1,015
166 2,455 2,189 1,961 1,763 1,591 1,438 1,302 1,181 1,072
169 2,537 2,266 2,033 1,832 1,656 1,501 1,363 1,239 1,128
172 2,616 2,340 2,103 1,899 1,720 1,562 1,421 1,295 1,182
175 2,694 2,414 2,173 1,965 1,783 1,622 1,479 1,351 1,236
178 2,772 2,487 2,242 2,030 1,845 1,682 1,536 1,406 1,289
181 2,850 2,560 2,312 2,096 1,907 1,741 1,593 1,461 1,342
184 2,924 2,629 2,376 2,157 1,965 1,797 1,646 1,512 1,391
187 2,999 2,699 2,441 2,219 2,024 1,853 1,700 1,563 1,440
190 3,072 2,768 2,506 2,280 2,083 1,909 1,753 1,614 1,489
193 3,144 2,835 2,569 2,340 2,139 1,962 1,804 1,663 1,536
196 3,215 2,901 2,632 2,398 2,195 2,015 1,855 1,711 1,582
199 3,286 2,967 2,694 2,456 2,250 2,067 1,905 1,759 1,628
202 3,356 3,032 2,754 2,513 2,304 2,118 1,953 1,805 1,672
205 3,425 3,096 2,814 2,570 2,357 2,169 2,001 1,851 1,716
208 3,493 3,160 2,874 2,626 2,410 2,219 2,049 1,897 1,760
211 3,561 3,223 2,933 2,682 2,462 2,268 2,096 1,942 1,803
214 3,628 3,285 2,991 2,736 2,513 2,317 2,142 1,986 1,845
217 3,694 3,346 3,048 2,790 2,562 2,365 2,187 2,029 1,886
220 3,760 3,407 3,105 2,843 2,613 2,412 2,232 2,072 1,927
223 3,825 3,467 3,161 2,895 2,662 2,458 2,276 2,113 1,966
226 3,889 3,526 3,216 2,947 2,710 2,504 2,319 2,154 2,005
229 3,951 3,584 3,270 2,998 2,758 2,549 2,361 2,194 2,043
232 4,013 3,642 3,323 3,047 2,805 2,593 2,402 2,233 2,080
235 4,075 3,699 3,376 3,096 2,851 2,636 2,443 2,272 2,117
238 4,136 3,755 3,428 3,144 2,897 2,678 2,483 2,310 2,153
241 4,197 3,810 3,479 3,192 2,941 2,720 2,523 2,347 2,188
244 4,257 3,865 3,530 3,240 2,986 2,762 2,562 2,384 2,223
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 5 SCH
SCHEDULE 5 Schedules 3 and 4
SKETCHES OF TONNAGE MARK AND DETERMINATION OF SECOND DECK
(SKETCHES OMITTED)
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 6 SCH
SCHEDULE 6 Regulation 27
FEES
1. Preliminary
(1) In this Schedule -
"alternative tonnage" means the alternative gross and
register tonnages of a ship ascertained in accordance with
regulation 19;
"Australian ship" means a ship of a kind referred to in
section 7A of the Act;
"Australian tonnage", in relation to a ship, means -
(a) the Part II tonnage of the ship; and
(b) any tonnages of the ship ascertained in accordance with
Part III of these Regulations;
"foreign ship" means a ship other than an Australian ship;
"gross tonnage" means, where a ship has alternative gross
tonnages, the larger of those gross tonnages;
"modified tonnage" means the gross and register tonnages of
a ship ascertained in accordance with regulation 18;
"Part II tonnage" means the gross and register tonnages of a
ship ascertained in accordance with Part II of these
Regulations;
"sister ship" means a ship -
(a) the measurements of the tonnage of which, as ascertained
as provided by these Regulations, correspond to the
measurements of tonnage of another ship so ascertained;
(b) that has the same hull form as that of that other ship;
(c) the subdivision of the underdeck of the various parts of
which is identical to that of the other ship; and
(d) in respect of which an application in writing has been
made by or on behalf of the owner, before the commencement of
its measurement for tonnage, applying for the ship to be
treated as a sister ship of that other ship for the purposes
of this Schedule;
"special tonnage" means any of the special classes of
tonnage referred to in sub-regulation 21 (1).
(2) For the purposes of the definition of "sister ship" in
this Schedule, the measurement of tonnage of a ship shall be
deemed to correspond to the measurement of tonnage of another
ship if there is a variation between those measurements of not
more than -
(a) where the principal ship is under 1,000 gross tons - 1
per cent;
(b) where the principal ship is over 50,000 gross tons - 0.1
per cent; and
(c) where the principal ship is 1,000 gross tons or over but
does not exceed 50,000 gross tons - the percentage obtained by
interpolation between those specified in paragraphs (a) and
(b), having regard to its tonnage.
(4) Where the gross tonnage of a ship includes a part of a
ton, that part shall, for the purposes of calculating a fee in
accordance with this Schedule, be disregarded.
(5) In this Schedule, "office of the Authority", in relation
to measurement or remeasurement or proposed measurement or
remeasurement by a surveyor of a ship, means the office of the
Authority, or of the representative of the Authority, at, or
nearest to and within the same State or Territory as, the
place where the measurement or remeasurement is made, or the
proposed measurement or remeasurement is to be made.
2. Measurement for Australian Tonnage
(1) The fee payable for -
(a) the first measurement of the Part II tonnage of an
Australian ship, not being a sister ship;
(b) the Part II tonnage measurement under these Regulations
of an Australian ship, not being a sister ship, previously
measured before the date of commencement of these Regulations,
where measurement of under deck tonnage is necessary;
(c) the Part II tonnage measurement of a foreign ship, not
being a sister ship; or
(d) the Part II tonnage measurement or remeasurement of a
ship, not being a sister ship, where measurement or
remeasurement of underdeck tonnage is necessary,
is the fee ascertained from the following table:
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
$
Under 50 tons 1,716
50 tons or over but under 100 tons 2,112
100 tons or over but under 200 tons 3,432
200 tons or over but under 350 tons 5,148
350 tons or over but under 500 tons 8,580
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons 12,012
1,000 tons or over but under 9,000 tons 12,012
plus $2,112
for each 2,000
tons or part
of 2,000 tons
over 1,000
9,000 tons or over but under 15,000 tons 23,364
plus $1,848
for each 2,000
tons or part
of 2,000 tons
over 9,000
15,000 tons or over but under 61,000 tons 30,492
plus $396 for
each 2,000
tons or part
of 2,000 tons
over 15,000
61,000 tons or over 42,900
(2) The fee payable for -
(a) the first measurement of the Part II tonnage of an
Australian ship, being a sister ship;
(b) the Part II tonnage measurement under these Regulations
of an Australian ship, being a sister ship, previously
measured before the date of commencement of these Regulations,
where measurement of underdeck tonnage is necessary;
(c) the Part II tonnage measurement of a foreign ship, being
a sister ship; or
(d) the Part II tonnage measurement or remeasurement of a
ship, being a sister ship, where measurement or remeasurement
of underdeck tonnage is necessary,
is the fee ascertained from the following table:
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
$
Under 350 tons 1,980
350 tons or over Two-fifths of the fee
ascertained from the table
in sub-item (1), having
regard to the gross
tonnage of the ship.
(3) The fee payable for the first measurement of the Part II
tonnage of an Australian ship or of a foreign ship by the
method set out in Part B of Schedule 1 is an amount equal to
one-quarter of the fee ascertained from sub-item (1) or (2),
as the case requires, having regard to the gross tonnage of
the ship.
(4) The fee payable for -
(a) the first measurement of the modified tonnage of an
Australian ship;
(b) the measurement under these Regulations of the modified
tonnage of an Australian ship previously measured before the
date of commencement of these Regulations, where measurement
of underdeck tonnage is necessary;
(c) the measurement of the modified tonnage of a foreign
ship; or
(d) the measurement or remeasurement of the modified tonnage
of a ship, where measurement or remeasurement of underdeck
tonnage is necessary,
is an amount equal to -
(e) in the case of a ship the Part II tonnage of which has
been previously ascertained - one-half of the fee ascertained
from sub-item (1) or (2), as the case requires, having regard
to the gross tonnage of the ship; or
(f) in the case of a ship the Part II tonnage of which has
not been previously ascertained - the fee ascertained from
sub-item (1) or (2), as the case requires, having regard to
the gross tonnage of the ship.
(5) The fee payable for -
(a) the first measurement of the alternative tonnage of an
Australian ship;
(b) the measurement under these Regulations of the
alternative tonnage of an Australian ship previously measured
before the date of commencement of these Regulations, where
measurement of underdeck tonnage is necessary;
(c) the measurement of the alternative tonnage of a foreign
ship; or
(d) the measurement or remeasurement of the alternative
tonnage of a ship, where measurement or remeasurement of
underdeck tonnage is necessary,
is an amount equal to -
(e) in the case of a ship the Part II tonnage of which has
been previously ascertained - one-half of the fee ascertained
from sub-item (1) or (2), as the case requires, having regard
to the gross tonnage of the ship;
(f) in the case of a ship the Part II tonnage of which has
not been previously ascertained, not being a ship with
modified tonnage - the fee ascertained from sub-item (1) or
(2), as the case requires, plus one-half of that fee, having
regard to the gross tonnage of the ship; or
(g) in the case of a ship with modified tonnage - the fee
ascertained from sub-item (1) or (2), as the case requires,
plus one-half of that fee less the fee that would have been
due if the ship had been measured in accordance with paragraph
(f) of sub-item (4), having regard to the gross tonnage of the
ship.
(6) Where -
(a) a ship was previously measured before the date of
commencement of these Regulations;
(b) remeasurement of the ship is necessary;
(c) remeasurement of underdeck tonnage of the ship is not
necessary;
(d) in the case of a ship other than a single deck ship -
remeasurement for Part II tonnage or alternative tonnage
(measurement of spaces between the upper deck and the second
deck not being necessary) or for modified tonnage is
necessary;
(e) in the case of a single deck ship - remeasurement of
Part II tonnage is necessary; and
(f) one or more of the following categories of remeasurements
is involved:
(i) space on or above the upper deck;
(ii) propelling machinery space below the upper deck;
(iii) space described in subregulation 10 (2);
(iv) space described in paragraphs (a) to (k), inclusive,
of subregulation 16 (1);
(v) space in a double bottom for water ballast;
(vi) space in water ballast tanks,
the fee payable for remeasurement of the ship is the aggregate
of the fee in respect of each category comprising space so
remeasured ascertained from the following table:
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
$
Under 50 tons 264
50 tons or over but under 100 tons 528
100 tons or over 528
plus $66 for each
additional 100 tons
or part of 100 tons
over 100
(7) The maximum fee in respect of any one such category
referred to in sub-item (6) shall not exceed $2,904.
(8) Where -
(a) a ship was previously measured before the date of
commencement of these Regulations;
(b) remeasurement of the ship is necessary;
(c) remeasurement of underdeck tonnage of the ship is not
necessary; and
(d) in the case of remeasurement of a ship for Part II
tonnage or alternative tonnage - remeasurement of spaces
between the upper deck and the second deck is necessary,
the fee payable for remeasurement of the ship is an amount
equal to one-half of the fee ascertained from sub-item (1) or
(2), as the case requires, having regard to the gross tonnage
of the ship.
(9) The fee payable for remeasurement as a consequence of
alterations to a ship in which remeasurement of the underdeck
tonnage of the ship is required, is an amount equal to the fee
ascertained from sub-item (1), (2), (4) or (5), as the case
requires, having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.
(10) The fee payable for remeasurement as a consequence of
alterations to a ship in which remeasurement of the space
between the second deck and the upper deck is required, not
being remeasurement to which sub-item (9) applies, is an
amount equal to one-half of the fee ascertained from sub-item
(1), (2), (4) or (5), as the case requires, having regard to
the gross tonnage of the ship.
(11) The fee payable for remeasurement, not being
remeasurement for which a fee is payable under sub-item (9) or
(10), as a consequence solely of an alteration or alterations
in one or more of the following categories of space:
(a) space on or above the upper deck;
(b) propelling machinery space below the upper deck;
(c) space described in sub-regulation 10 (2);
(d) space described in paragraphs (a) to (k), inclusive, of
sub-regulation 16 (1);
(e) space in a double bottom for water ballast;
(f) space in water ballast tanks,
is an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee in respect of
each category comprising space so remeasured ascertained from
the following table:
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
$
Under 50 tons 264
50 tons or over but under 100 tons 528
100 tons or over 528
plus $66 for each
additional 100 tons
or part of 100 tons
over 100
(12) The maximum fee in respect of any one such category
referred to in sub-item (11) shall not exceed $2,904.
(13) The fee payable for inspection made necessary by minor
alterations, where no remeasurement is involved, is a fee
determined according to the amount of time involved in
accordance with sub-item 4 (6).
(14) The fee payable in respect of a service specified in
sub-items (1) to (13), inclusive, carried out outside
Australia by a surveyor not employed by the Authority is an
amount equal to one-third of the fee for such a service
ascertained from those sub-items, in addition to any fee
charged by the surveyor or by his employer.
(15) The fee payable for the issue of a copy of an
Australian Tonnage Certificate is $52.
(16) The fee payable for the supply, in special cases, of
details of Australian tonnage calculations to an owner of a
ship is $52 per page or $252, whichever is the less.
3. Measurement for Special Tonnage
(1) Subject to sub-item (2), the fee payable for the first
measurement or remeasurement of a ship for a special tonnage,
including underdeck of the ship, when the Australian tonnage
figures are available, for a Panama Canal or a Suez Canal
certificate is an amount equal to two-fifths of the fee
ascertained from sub-item 2 (1) or (2), as the case requires,
having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.
(2) The fee payable for the first measurement or
remeasurement of a ship for a special tonnage, including
underdeck of the ship, when the Australian tonnage figures are
available, for a Panama Canal and a Suez Canal certificate,
where the measurements or remeasurements are made at the same
time, is an amount equal to three-fifths of the fee
ascertained from sub-item 2 (1) or (2), as the case requires,
having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.
(3) Subject to sub-item (4), the fee payable for the first
measurement or remeasurement of a ship for a special tonnage,
including underdeck of the ship, when the Australian tonnage
figures are not available, for a Panama Canal or a Suez Canal
certificate is an amount equal to the fee ascertained from
sub-item 2 (1) or (2), as the case requires, based on the
relevant Canal gross tonnage of the ship.
(4) The fee payable for the first measurement or
remeasurement of a ship for a special tonnage, including
underdeck of the ship, when the Australian tonnage figures are
not available, for a Panama Canal and a Suez Canal
certificate, where the measurements or remeasurements are made
at the same time, is an amount equal to the fee ascertained
from sub-item 2 (1) or (2), as the case requires, based on the
higher relevant Canal gross tonnage of the ship, plus
two-fifths of the amount of that fee as so ascertained.
(5) When a ship is partly remeasured for special tonnage
following a minor alteration that involves little work for a
surveyor, a part, as determined by the Authority, of the
relevant fee prescribed by sub-item (1), (2), (3) or (4) may
be refunded or waived.
(6) The fee payable for one or more of the following
categories of remeasurements of a ship for special tonnage,
not involving underdeck tonnage, for a Panama Canal or a Suez
Canal certificate:
(a) alteration of either or both of -
(i) crew accommodation space; and
(ii) navigational space;
(b) alteration of either or both of -
(i) propelling power space; and
(ii) light and air space;
(c) alteration of water ballast space;
(d) alteration of any other space;
is an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee in respect of
each category comprising space so remeasured ascertained from
the following table:
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
$
Under 50 tons 264
50 tons or over but under 100 tons 528
100 tons or over 528
plus $66 for each
additional 100
tons or part of
100 tons over 100
(7) The maximum fee in respect of the remeasurement of any
one such category referred to in sub-item (6) shall not exceed
$2,904.
(8) The fee payable in respect of a service specified in
sub-items (1) to (6), inclusive, carried out outside Australia
by a surveyor not employed by the Authority is an amount equal
to one-third of the fee for such a service ascertained from
those sub-items, in addition to any fee charged by the
surveyor or by his employer.
(9) The fee payable for the issue of a copy of a Panama
Canal or a Suez Canal certificate is $221.
(10) The fee payable for the supply, in special cases, of
details of Panama Canal or Suez Canal tonnage calculations to
an owner of a ship is $52 per page or $252, whichever is the
less.
(11) The fees payable in respect of measurement or
remeasurement for tonnage under the Regulations annexed to the
Convention for a Uniform System of Tonnage Measurement of
Ships, Oslo, 1947 or under the legislation of countries other
than Australia shall be the same as those applicable under
this Schedule to the corresponding service in respect of
measurement or remeasurement for tonnage under these
Regulations.
4. Other Fees
(1) Where, as a result of a request made by the owner,
builder, master or agent of a ship, a surveyor engages in
measurement or remeasurement of the tonnage of the ship when
the office of the Authority is not open for public business,
there is payable by virtue of this sub-item, in addition to
any other fee payable -
(a) in a case in which such measurement or remeasurement by
the surveyor during such a period immediately precedes, or
immediately follows, measurement or remeasurement by the
surveyor of the tonnage of that ship at a time when the office
of the Authority is open for public business - a fee
calculated at the rate of $46 for each whole hour or part of
an hour falling within that period during which the surveyor
so engages in measurement or remeasurement; or
(b) in any other case - a fee calculated at the rate of $46
for each whole hour or part of an hour falling within that
period during which the surveyor so engages in measurement or
remeasurement, or a fee of $137, whichever is the greater.
(2) Where, as a result of a request by the owner, builder,
master or agent of a ship, a surveyor is required to attend at
a time and place for the purpose of measuring or remeasuring
the tonnage of a ship (being a time when the office of the
Authority is not open for public business) and sets out to
commence the measurement or remeasurement but the proposed
measurement or remeasurement does not commence because the
owner, builder, master or agent cancels the request, there is
payable in respect of the cancellation, a fee of $142.
(3) A fee payable under sub-item (2) is payable in respect
of each surveyor who sets out to commence the measurement or
remeasurement.
(4) Where -
(a) a surveyor is available at the time and place appointed
for measurement or remeasurement of the tonnage of a ship
under these Regulations but, for any reason outside the
control of the surveyor, he is compelled to wait for a period
in excess of half an hour after that time before he can
commence the measurement or remeasurement;
(b) a surveyor is carrying out measurement or remeasurement
of the tonnage of a ship under these Regulations and, for any
reason outside his control, the measurement or remeasurement
is interrupted and he is compelled to wait for a period in
excess of half an hour before he can continue the measurement
or remeasurement; or
(c) a surveyor carrying out measurement or remeasurement of
the tonnage of a ship under these Regulations is compelled,
for any reason outside his control, to wait on the ship after
the completion of the measurement or remeasurement for a
period in excess of half an hour,
a fee calculated at the rate of $132 for each hour, or part of
an hour, of the excess is payable by virtue of this sub-item
in respect of that measurement or remeasurement.
(5) Where, as a result of a request made by the owner,
builder, master or agent of a ship, a surveyor proceeds to a
place outside the limits of a port at which he is ordinarily
stationed for the purpose of carrying out measurement or
remeasurement of tonnage, and there is no surveyor ordinarily
stationed at that place, a fee equal to the travelling and
subsistence expenses necessarily incurred by the surveyor, as
if he had travelled to that place from the nearest port or
outport at which a surveyor is ordinarily stationed and
return, is payable, by virtue of this sub-item, whether or not
the proposed measurement or remeasurement is carried out.
(6) The fee payable in respect of a service in relation to
tonnage measurement for which no other fee is fixed by this
Schedule is an amount calculated at the rate of $132 per hour
according to the amount of time involved for the service
(including the time occupied by a surveyor in travelling to
and from the places of measurement).
(7) The fact that a fee is, by virtue of sub-item (1), (2),
(4) or (5), payable in respect of measurement or remeasurement
of the tonnage of a ship under these Regulations shall not be
taken to prevent a further fee, or further fees, being payable
in respect of that measurement or remeasurement by virtue of
another of those sub-items.
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 7 SCH
SCHEDULE 7
FORM 1 Regulation 5
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
APPLICATION FOR TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIP
(to be completed by Builder, Owner, Master or Agent)
Name of Ship (or, if unnamed, Builder's identification):
Official number (if any):
Method of propulsion:
Means of power transmission (if any):
Place of construction:
Year of construction:
Name and address of builder:
Name and address of owner:
*Builder *Master
I, the
*Owner *Agent of
the ship
*measurement
described above, hereby apply for of its
*remeasurement
*Panama *Other
tonnage under Rules.
*Australian *Suez
I desire that the ship's tonnage be determined under the
provisions of -
*Part II (gross and register tonnages)
*Regulation 18 (modified tonnages)
*Regulation 19 (alternative tonnages)
*It is/is not desired to register this ship.
The ship will be available for measurement at
on
Plans in accordance with the requirements of the
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations -
*are attached .
*will be supplied to you on .
*have been supplied to you on .
Application fee is enclosed.
(This fee will be credited against the final fee for tonnage
measurement).
(Signature of Builder,
Owner, Master or Agent)
Date .
*Strike out whichever is not applicable.
FORM 2 Regulation 8
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY FOR TONNAGE
PARTICULARS OF SHIP
(CERTIFICATE OMITTED)
PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE
The tonnages of this ship as ascertained in accordance with
the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations are:
GROSS TONNAGE tons ( cubic metres)
REGISTER TONNAGE tons ( cubic metres)
*This ship is assigned with a tonnage mark on each side of
the ship which is millimetres below the upper
deck line and, when this mark is submerged, the abovementioned
tonnages are applicable. When the tonnage mark is NOT
submerged the following tonnages are applicable:
GROSS TONNAGE tons ( cubic metres)
REGISTER TONNAGE tons ( cubic metres)
For Tugs
*If and when employed for the carriage of passengers, cargo
or stores, or using graving docks or dry docks or places
provided for the repairing of ships, the register tonnage on
which dues based on register tonnage may be levied by any
harbour or dock authority is tons.
*Strike out if not applicable.
I, , a surveyor for the
purposes of the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations,
having surveyed the abovementioned ship, hereby certify that
the abovementioned particulars are true.
Dated at on this day of , 19 .
Surveyor
CERTIFIED EXTRACTS OF PARTICULARS SUPPLIED BY
BUILDERS, OWNERS OR ENGINE MAKERS
Particulars of propelling engines (if any)
No. of sets of engines
No. of shafts
Description of engines
When made
Name and address of makers
Reciprocating engines
No. of cylinders in each set
Diameter of cylinders
Length of stroke
Rotary engines
No. of cylinders in each set
Particulars of Boilers
Description
Number
Loaded pressure
When made
Name and address of makers
Aggregate power of all engines -
Brake: kW Indicated: kW Shaft: kW
Estimated speed of ship: kn
Surveyor
FORM 3 Regulation 9
AUSTRALIA
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
AUSTRALIAN TONNAGE CERTIFICATE FOR SHIPS
NOT ASSIGNED A TONNAGE
MARK
Name of ship (if any):
Home port or port of registry (if any):
Official number (if any):
Length: m
Maximum breadth: m
Moulded depth amidships: m
I, , a surveyor for the
purposes of the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations,
hereby certify that I have measured the abovementioned ship in
accordance with *sub-regulation (1) *sub-regulation (2) of
regulation 7 of those Regulations, and by that sub-regulation -
the GROSS TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres);
and
the REGISTER TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres)
Dated at on this day of 19 .
Surveyor
*Strike out whichever is not applicable.
SUMMARY OF THE PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE
(SUMMARY OMITTED)
The tonnage of the engine room spaces below the upper deck
is tons.
The tonnage of the total spaces framed-in above the upper
deck for propelling machinery and for light and air
is tons.
The undermentioned cargo spaces above the upper deck are not
included in the above-mentioned tonnages:
FORM 4 Regulation 9
AUSTRALIA
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
AUSTRALIAN TONNAGE CERTIFICATE FOR SHIPS TO WHICH A
TONNAGE MARK HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
Name of ship (if any):
Home port or port of registry (if any):
Official number (if any):
Length: m
Maximum breadth: m
Moulded depth amidships: m
I, , a surveyor for the
purposes of the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations,
hereby certify that I have measured the abovementioned ship in
accordance with sub-regulation 7 (1) of those Regulations, and
by that sub-regulation -
When the tonnage mark (or the appropriate line for fresh or
tropical waters) is submerged -
the GROSS TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres);
and
the REGISTER TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres)
When the tonnage mark (or the appropriate line for fresh or
tropical waters) is NOT sub-merged -
the GROSS TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres);
and
the REGISTER TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres)
(SKETCH OMITTED)
SUMMARY OF THE PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE WHEN THE
TONNAGE MARK IS SUBMERGED
(SUMMARY OMITTED)
The tonnage of the engine room spaces below the upper deck
is tons.
The tonnage of the total spaces framed-in above the upper
deck for propelling machinery and for light and air
is tons.
The undermentioned cargo spaces above the upper deck are not
included in the above-mentioned tonnages:
SUMMARY OF THE PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE WHEN THE
TONNAGE MARK IS NOT SUBMERGED
(SUMMARY OMITTED)
The tonnage of the engine room spaces below the upper deck
is tons.
The tonnage of the total spaces framed-in above the upper
deck for propelling machinery and for light and air
is tons.
The undermentioned cargo spaces above the upper deck are not
included in the above-mentioned tonnages:
FORM 5 Regulation 9
AUSTRALIA
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
AUSTRALIAN TONNAGE CERTIFICATE FOR SHIPS ON WHICH A
TONNAGE MARK HAS BEEN PLACED CORRESPONDING TO LOAD LINE
MARKS WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE
SECOND DECK IS THE FREEBOARD DECK
Name of ship (if any):
Home port or port of registry (if any):
Official number (if any):
Length: m
Maximum breadth: m
Moulded depth amidships: m
I, , a surveyor for
the purposes of the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement)
Regulations, hereby certify that I have measured the
abovementioned ship in accordance with subregulation 7 (1) of
those Regulations, and by that sub-regulation -
the GROSS TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres);
and
the REGISTER TONNAGE is tons ( cubic metres)
The tonnage mark is marked on each side of the ship as
follows:
(SKETCH OMITTED)
The tonnage mark is in line with the deepest loading
permitted by the load line grid, and is only an identification
mark to indicate that certain spaces between the second and
upper decks as indicated in the following summary have not
been included in the abovementioned tonnages.
Dated at on this day of 19 .
Surveyor
SUMMARY OF THE PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE
The tonnage of the engine room spaces below the upper deck
is tons.
The tonnage of the total spaces framed-in above the upper
deck for propelling machinery and for light and air
is tons.
The undermentioned cargo spaces above the upper deck are not
included in the above-mentioned tonnages:
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 8 SCH
SCHEDULE 8 Regulation 28
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Belgium Malawi Sweden
Belize Malaysia Tanzania
Burma Maldives The Gambia
Botswana Malta The United Kingdom
Canada Mauritius Tonga
Cyprus Nauru Trinidad and Tobago
Denmark Netherlands Tuvalu
Dominica New Zealand Uganda
Federal Republic Nigeria Union of Soviet
of Germany Norway Socialist Republics
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Finland Poland America
Ghana Portugal Vanuatu
Greece St Lucia Western Samoa
Grenada St Vincent Yugoslavia
Guyana Seychelles Zambia
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