Chapter:	434A	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY OF SHIPOWNERS AND OTHERS) (CALCULATION OF TONNAGE) (HONG KONG) ORDER	Gazette Number:
Paragraph:	2	Heading:	Calculation of gross tonnage	Version Date:	30/06/1997

For the purposes of article 6 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979) (1979 c. 39 U.K.))+ and of paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 4 to that Act, the gross tonnage of a ship shall be calculated in accordance with regulations 4 to 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap 415 sub. leg.).

(a) in relation to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, Part 3 of Schedule 5 to Cap 415 and s. 1 of Schedule 2 to Cap 508;
(b) in relation to the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979, s. 117 of Cap 281, s. 103 of Cap 415 and s. 142 of Cap 478.