Modified gross. and register tonnage of
ships with
-certain free- boards.
10
(c) in the case of ships to which sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)
do not apply, the allowance shall be-
() in the case of ships propelled by screws, 12 times the tonnage of the propelling machinery space;
(ii) in the case of ships propelled by paddle wheels, 11 times the tonnage of the propelling machinery space! Provided that-
(i) in no case save that of tugs intended to be used exclusively as such shall the allowance exceed fifty-five per cent of that portion of the tonnage of the ship which remains after deducting from its gross tonnage the deductions authorized by sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 10; and (ii) such deductions shall be subject to the propelling machin- ery space and space appropriated for its lighting and ven- tilation being certified as adequate by a surveyor of ships and being permanently marked by notices stating their purpose.
PART III.
MODIFIED AND ALTERNATIVE TONNAGES AND TONNAGE MARKS.
13. (1) This regulation shall apply to a ship in respect of which-
(a)
greater than minimum freeboards have been assigned under the Load Line Rules; and
(6) the positions of the load lines are not higher than would have been the case if the freeboards assigned to the ship and the position of the load lines appropriate thereto had been calculated treating the second deck as the freeboard deck.
(2) The Director may, on the application of the owner of a ship to which this regulation applies, assign to the ship as its gross tonnage and register tonnage a modified gross tonnage and modified register tonnage ascertained in accordance with paragraph (3) in- stead of the gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in accordance with Part II of these regulations.
(3) The modified gross tonnage and modified register tonnage to be assigned shall be ascertained in accordance with Part II of these regulations subject to the following modifications-
(a) for reference to the upper deck in-
() regulation 6(1)(c) and (e), and (3);
(ii) regulation 9;
(iii) regulation 110);
(iv) the definition of "propelling machinery space" in regulation 2; and
(v) paragraphs 3. 5 and 6 of Rule 1 of the First Schedule.
there shall be substituted reference to the second deck: and
(6) regulation 6(1)(b) and paragraph 2 of Rule I of the First
Schedule shall be omitted.
(4) Where such tonnages have been assigned to a ship there shall be placed on each side of the ship a tonnage marked in the form described in the Third Schedule, in a position in line with the deepest load line to which the ship may be loaded, no account being taken for this purpose of timber load lines, but subject to the foregoing in a position determined in accordance with the Fourth Schedule.
14. (1) The Director may, on the application of the owner of a ship, assign to the ship, as an alternative to its gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in accordance with Part II of these regulations, the modified gross tonnage and modified register ton- nage ascertained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of regulation 13.
(2) Where alternative tonnages have been assigned to a ship there shall be placed on each side of that ship a tonnage mark in the form described in the Third Schedule in a position deter- mined in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule.
(3) The gross tonnage and register tonnage of the ship shall be taken to be respectively the modified gross tonnage and modified register tonnage when the ship is so loaded that the tonnage mark is not submerged. At all other times the gross and register ton- nages of the ship shall be those ascertained in accordance with Part II of these regulations.
PART IV.
GENERAL.
15. (1) The Director may on the application of the owner of a ship registered under Part I of the principal Act before the coming inte operation of these regulations, direct that the tonnage of the ship be remeasured in accordance with the provisions of bese regulations.
Fiat Schedule.
Tailed Scbedil in lab,
Fourth Schedule,
Alternative tonnages.
Thbod Schedub.
Fourth Schedule.
Remeasurement
of tonnage of ships already registered.