Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Interim scheme for tonnage measurement for certain ships
Subregulation 1
A Singapore ship which is required to have its tonnages determined in accordance with Part II may, at the request of the owner, use the gross tonnage determined in accordance with the provisions of the tonnage regulations of any maritime nation which were acceptable to the Director prior to 6th September 1985 for the purpose of application of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations [Rg 11] and the Merchant Shipping (Non-Convention Ships) Safety Regulations [Rg 9] or any Regulations replacing these Regulations, if —
the keel of the ship is laid or is at a similar stage of construction not later than 31st December 1985 in respect of all the provisions of those Regulations;
the keel of the ship is laid or is at a similar stage of construction after 31st December 1985 but before 18th July 1994, only in respect of Regulation 3 of Chapter IV of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations; and
the keel of the ship is laid or is at a similar stage of construction after 31st December 1985, only in respect of the provisions of those Regulations applying to cargo ships of less than 1,600 tons gross tonnage (determined as provided above) and until 18th July 1994.
Subregulation 2
For a Singapore ship to which paragraph (1) applies, its certificates or other documents issued in accordance with the provisions of those Regulations stated in that paragraph shall show only the gross tonnage as determined under that paragraph with the following footnote:“The above gross tonnage has been measured in accordance with tonnage rules which were acceptable to the Government of Singapore prior to the coming into force of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969.”.
Subregulation 3
In the case of a Singapore ship to which paragraph 1(b) applies, the entry specified in paragraph (2) shall be made only in its Cargo Ship Safety Radiotelephony Certificate.