Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulation (2), in these regulations gross registered tonnage of a
vessel is —
(a) in
the case of a vessel the certificate of registry or certificate of tonnage of
which was issued by a country specified in the Fourth Schedule, the sum of the
highest gross tonnage appearing on that certificate and the tonnage, as
estimated by an authorised person, of any cargo spaces specified on that
certificate but not taken into account in the calculation or determination of
that highest gross tonnage;
(b) in
the case of a vessel the certificate of registry or certificate of tonnage of
which was issued by a country other than a country referred to in
paragraph (a) —
(i)
if that vessel formerly carried a certificate referred to
in paragraph (a) and the Department is aware of the contents of that
certificate —
(I) the sum of the highest gross tonnage
appearing in that certificate and the tonnage, as estimated by an authorised
person, of any cargo spaces specified on that certificate but not taken into
account in the calculation or determination of that highest gross tonnage; or
(II) the tonnage of
that vessel as estimated by an authorised person by reference to the factors
referred to in subparagraph (ii);
or
(ii)
the tonnage of that vessel as estimated by an authorised
person by reference to the dimensions and gross tonnage of a vessel similar to
that vessel or to the measurements and dimensions of that vessel and any
information appearing on any other document specified in the Fifth Schedule
pertaining to the tonnage or measurement of the vessel.
(2) Where an
International Tonnage Certificate (1969) has been issued in respect of a
vessel, the gross registered tonnage of that vessel for the purposes of these
regulations is the gross tonnage set out in the International Tonnage
Certificate (1969) relating to that vessel.
[Regulation 18A inserted in Gazette
28 Aug 1981 p. 3574-5; amended in Gazette 10 Dec 1982
p. 4799.]
[ 18B. Deleted in Gazette 1 Aug 1990
p. 3641.]