Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1981 No. 290 NAVIGATION (LOAD LINES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3. Regulation 40 of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "sufficient information, in an
        approved form" and substituting "such information relating to the
        loading stress and stability of the ship as is approved by a naval
        architect";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-regulation (4) "a fee of $380 is payable." and
        substituting "a fee is payable determined in accordance with the
        following table:

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Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
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Under 50 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
50 tons or over but under 100 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
100 tons or over but under 500 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
1,000 tons or over but under 2,000 tons . . . . . . . . . . . 727
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and

   (c)  by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:



"(5) Subject to sub-regulation (6), where a naval architect undertakes an
examination in respect of approval of information relating to the stability of
a ship for the purposes of sub-regulation (1), a fee is payable in respect of
that examination, determined in accordance with the following table:

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2,000 tons or over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800
Column 1 Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship Fee
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Under 50 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
50 tons or over but under 100 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
100 tons or over but under 500 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
1,000 tons or over but under 2,000 tons . . . . . . . . . . . 400
2,000 tons or over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
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"(6) Where information is required to be submitted more than twice for
examination in respect of the same approval of information relating to the
stability of a ship, the fee payable for each examination after the second,
for the purposes of approval under sub-regulation (1), is half of the fee
prescribed under sub-regulation (5), having regard to the gross tonnage of the
ship.".