Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 14819–15591

9  Tonnage length
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 10(3) of the Act, the tonnage length of a ship is:
 (a) a length equal to 96% of the total length of the ship measured on a waterline that is at a distance, from the top of the keel, equal to 85% of the shortest measurable moulded depth of the ship; or
 (b) if the length of the ship measured from the fore side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline is greater than the length ascertained in accordance with paragraph (a)—that greater length.
 (2) For a ship designed with a rake of keel, the waterline on which the total length of the ship is to be measured for the purposes of subsection (1) must be parallel to the designed waterline.

Part 2—Registration of ships

Division 1—Registration