Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00189:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 5547–6834

Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
quarter means a period of 3 months commencing on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in any year.
ship means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved, and includes the following:
 (a) a barge, lighter or other floating craft;
 (b) an air‑cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water.
tonnage, in relation to a ship, means the net tonnage of the ship.
Tonnage Measurement Convention means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, done at London on 23 June 1969, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1982 No. 15 ([1982] ATS 15). In 2012, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
 (2) Where, at any time, the net tonnage applicable to a ship has been determined otherwise than in accordance with the Tonnage Measurement Convention, then, in the application of this Act to the ship at that time, a reference in this Act to the tonnage of a ship shall be taken to be a reference to the net tonnage of the ship expressed in tons.