Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARINE NAVIGATION LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 3

    In this Act:

"Collection Act" means the Marine Navigation Levy Collection Act 1989 .

"ton" means a whole ton.

"tonnage" , in relation to a ship, means:

  (a)   where the net tonnage of the ship has been determined by a method consistent with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969--the net tonnage so determined; or

  (b)   in any other case--the net registered tonnage of the ship.

Note:   The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1982 No.   15 ([1982] ATS 15). In 2012, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).