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Deductions for ascertaining tonnage.
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79.—(1) In measuring or re-measuring a ship for the purpose of ascertaining her register tonnage, the following deductions shall be made from the space included in the measurement of the tonnage, namely:—
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(a) In the case of any ship—
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(i) any space used exclusively for the accommodation of the master; and any space occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use, which is certified under the regulations scheduled to this Act with regard thereto.
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(ii) any space used exclusively for the working of the helm, the capstan, and the anchor gear, or for keeping the chart, signals, and other instruments of navigation, and boatswains stores; and
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(iii) the space occupied by the donkey engine and boiler, if connected with the main pumps of the ship; and
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(iv) any space (other than a double bottom) adapted only for water ballast; and]
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(b) In the case of a ship wholly propelled by sails, any space set apart and used exclusively for the storage of sails.
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(2) The deductions allowed under this section, other than a deduction for a space occupied by seamen or apprentices, and certified as aforesaid, shall be subject to the following provisions; namely,—
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(a) The space deducted must be certified by a surveyor of ships as reasonable in extent and properly and efficiently constructed for the purpose for which it is intended:
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(b) There must be permanently marked in or over every such space a notice stating the purpose to which it is to be applied, and that whilst so applied it is to be deducted from the tonnage of the ship:
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(c) The deduction on account of space for storage of sails must not exceed two and a half per cent. of the tonnage of the ship.
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[1 Added by 6 Edw. 7. c. 48, s. 54 (1). As to re-measurement to obtain the water ballast space deduction, see s. 54 (2) of that Act.] |
