New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 87

87 Calculation of limits of liability

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5 For the purposes of Articles 6 and 7 of the LLMC Convention (as amended by the LLMC Protocol),—

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c) where the gross tonnage of a ship is unable to be ascertained,—

i) the Director, on receiving from or by the direction of the court hearing the case in which the tonnage of the ship is in question such evidence of the dimensions of the ship as is available, shall estimate what the gross tonnage of the ship would have been if the ship had been duly measured in accordance with the relevant tonnage measurement rules, and give a certificate of the tonnage as estimated by the Director; and

ii) the tonnage so estimated shall be taken to be the gross tonnage of the ship.

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Note: 1952 No 49 s 462 ; 1987 No 184 s 22(1)

History: Section 87(1): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).   Section 87(2): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(3): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(4): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(5): amended, on 15 June 2018, by section 8 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 87(5): amended, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(5)(a): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(5)(b): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 87(5)(d): repealed, on 23 October 2013, by section 27(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).