Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) T he regulati ons may assign to a non - Tonnage Convention vessel a gross tonnage and a register tonnage, instead of the gross tonnage and register tonnage ascertained in relation to the vessel in accordance with the other provisions of those regulations.
(2) If the regulations assign to a non - Tonnage Convention vessel a gross tonnage and a register tonnage as mentioned in subsection ( 1), this Act applies in relation to the vessel as if:
(a) references in this Act to gross tonnage were references to the gross tonnage so assigned; and
(b) references in this Act to register tonnage were references to the register t onnage so assigned.