Section 47Part 2 — REGISTRATION OF SHIPS
Force of law of Tonnage Convention and tonnage regulations
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47. (1) The Tonnage Convention has the force of law in the Islands.
The Cabinet may make regulations as may appear to it to be necessary to give effect to the Tonnage Convention and for the determination of the tonnage of ships generally.
The measurement and survey of ships shall be undertaken in such circumstances and by persons appointed by such organisations as may be authorised for the purpose by the Chief Executive Officer.
Whenever the tonnage of a ship has been determined in accordance with the tonnage regulations it shall be used in any subsequent registration unless —
any alteration is made in the form or capacity of the ship; or
it is discovered that the tonnage of the ship has been erroneously computed; and in any such case the ship shall be re-measured and its tonnage determined in accordance with this Act and regulations relating to tonnage.
The Chief Executive Officer or persons appointed by organisations as may be authorised by the Chief Executive Officer, may issue certificates of the tonnage of a ship or of the tonnage which is to be taken as the tonnage of a ship not Section 48 Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Page 50 Act 1 of 2024 c registered in the Islands, and for the cancellation and surrender of certificates in such circumstances as the Chief Executive Officer may determine.
A person fails to surrender a certificate as required by this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars. Unregistered Ships