Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1998

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Calculation of tonnage of ship.

7.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 11:

“11.—(1) For the purposes of calculating the liability of the owner of a ship by reference to the tonnage of a ship the tonnage shall be the gross tonnage calculated in accordance with the tonnage measurement regulations contained in Annex 1 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.

(2) If the tonnage of the ship cannot be calculated in accordance with the tonnage measurement regulations referred to in subsection (1) an inspector shall, if so directed by a Court, certify the tonnage that, in his opinion and having regard to the evidence specified in the direction would be the tonnage of the ship if such tonnage were calculated in accordance with the said tonnage measurement regulations, and the tonnage as certified in the certificate of the inspector shall be reckoned to be the tonnage of that ship.”.