Cap. 434A 《商船(船東及其他人士責任)(噸位計算)(香港)令》Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Calculation of Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order

1. Citation

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Calculation of Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order.

(E.R. 2 of 2020)

2. Calculation of gross tonnage

For the purposes of article 6 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (1979 c. 39 U.K.)) and of paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 4 to that Act, the gross tonnage of a ship shall be calculated in accordance with regulations 4 to 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap. 415 sub. leg.).

3. Use of best evidence available of ship’s measurements

In the case of a ship of which, at the time when the limitation is claimed, the tonnage has not been and cannot be ascertained in accordance with paragraph 2, the best evidence available of the measurements of the ship shall be used in calculating the tonnage of the ship according to the regulations referred to in that paragraph.